Lost in a Quatrain Quotes

“Someone mentioned your name today,
took me down memory lane,
to a time very much younger,
a time more pure, more sane.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“You will be taken for granted.
You may be hurt to your very core,
and still be asked to give a little more!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“Reclining on my sofa, gazing out my window, my thoughts are adrift on the breeze, that gently sways through the nodding flowers, and rustling leaves.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“I love listening to the sound of your heart beating, the comforting memory of a cuddling womb.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“You see, long ago I built a wall,
a defense mechanism as I recall.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“It may very well be said that my very best work, remained in my head!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“They secretly scoff as you slip,
losing your dignity and integrity,
and again as you stumble,
you drop your degrees and pedigree!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“I feel it in my bones now,
time slowly slipping away.
An urgency is building,
to say all I didn't or couldn't say.

I feel the need to pass on,
the lantern of my life.
Perhaps you may gain something,
to help you through some strife.


(excerpt from the poem: "I feel it in my bones")”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“Aloof?

Aloof you say?
I'm so sorry if I made you feel that way.

It's really not my intention,
Though the reaction is of my own invention.

You see, long ago I built a wall,
A defence mechanism as I recall.

So for me to grow close, is still very hard,
After losing that important trust card.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“In order to grow, we need to know ourselves. To understand what triggers certain behaviour, we need to identify the root cause.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“Lost in a Quatrain - the state of being deep in thought, contemplative...”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“Someone mentioned your name today,
Took me down memory lane,
To a time very much younger,
A time more pure, more sane.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“and I pondered this curiously crazy life and the things I failed to grasp as a girl but thought I understood now as a softer, wiser woman I thought about life and death… I thought about tonight’s dinner menu too…”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“I love listening to the sound of your heart beating,
the comforting memory of a cuddling womb.”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“To help me find You, You gave me the key,
but my seeking You, was also You seeking me!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“I'd rather sip the waters of Lethe yet they ask”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“While you lay dreaming,
I hear you sleep,
and slowly start counting
little lost sheep.
But I'd rather you snore,
than be no more!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“If I could be but a leaf on that tree, And of this encumbering world be free, be free!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“I am a Woman!
I have learnt to live with being Sore!
And I have leaked my soreness
into my prayers pure.
For I have carried the soreness
of this ancient Dirge,
But my soreness has formed a chrysalis...
And a Tiger Butterfly is about to emerge!


(Excerpt from the poem: 'You are a Woman! You must learn to live with being Sore!)”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“and I pondered this curiously crazy life
and the things I failed to grasp as a girl
but thought I understood now
as a softer , wiser woman
I thought about life and death...
I thought about tonight's dinner menu too...”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain

“A whipping tongue scathingly lashes a false sense of power failing to reflect that a tongue portrays the character of its possessor!”
― Adiela Akoo, Lost in a Quatrain