Though time hangs heavy on gossamer strings,
As autumn mists becloud summer reverie
And winter’s teeth coax doldrums into things,
Let spirit soar with joy, live fearlessly.
Living fearlessly means accepting your abilities and limitations, then befriending fear.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
Autumn lies in wait
Summer bids fond fare-thee-well
Crisp air dispels blues
© Ilija Lukić 2021
I walk through autumn wood with restless heart
And without plan to gain balance of mind,
Till sunlit arbor looms like work of art
Where I can reflect and leave unrest behind.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
Profound music of silence and echoes of the divine within solitude, but above all stillness of soul shape mankind’s triumvirate of serenity and bond to the eternal.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
One key responsibility of a free people is to question authority. This obligation includes realization and acceptance of our own ignorance as the first step towards truly understanding and ultimately resolving differences. As we deliberate an issue, we have to stay mindful that any surrender of basic human rights is a most insidious form of subjugation.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
When fathomless misery holds dark sway,
People with sunshine in their hearts declare
Come what may, let light bring to knees dismay,
For then souls transcend foul pits of despair.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
The substance of reflections on water is akin flights of imagination, which often seem fanciful, yet when viewed through the prism of life experiences bring into being each person’s unique understanding of the real world. Each person’s perception is as distinctive as their essence, even though the substance of the reality they profess is one and the same.
© Ilija Lukić 2021
