Blue Verses is a collection of poems that will make the reader experience a wide range of emotions. From despair to bliss, this series depicts the struggles of the author as well as his inner strength. It tells a story of personal development, fear confrontation and letting go of what no longer serves us. With these poems, the reader will be able to find their inner strength and discover the joy of being alive.
Blue Verses is a collection of poems that will make the reader experience a wide range of emotions. From despair to bliss, this series depicts the struggles of the author as well as his inner strength. It tells a story of personal development, fear confrontation and letting go of what no longer serves us. With these poems, the reader will be able to find their inner strength and discover the joy of being alive.
Sit and wait
Dark world, lonely world
I just hate feeling so alone
Love’s passed me by
I’m tormented by my mind
About all I once had
That now is lost and far apart
Dark world, lonely world
I can’t even say a word
On how afraid I am
About losing it all once more
About being right on who I think I am
About the monster taking control over my life
Dark world, lonely world
When will this end? I keep wondering all day
This demon in my head has defeated me again
I guess trying to escape won’t be a clever way
To deal with this shit or take a break
‘Cause now I’ve opened the door and it won’t close anymore
Dark world, lonely world
I guess I’ll just have to let go
Accept my life and my void
Accept that I can’t love myself, no
I open my heart and spread my arms
Take me where you want me to go now
Dark world, lonely world
I don’t know what else to mourn
Does my past hurt, or my vision of the future?
Am I insane, or is it all inside my head?
Will I have an enjoyable fate?
I guess I’ll just sit and wait
I’ll just sit and wait
Jewel of mine
Return that jewel of mine
The one that made me feel loved and warm
The one with which I was immune to harm
The one with which I was not afraid to talk
Return that jewel of mine
Because I’m not taking a way out
I’ll face my fear and pain right now
Hoping they won’t blow my mind
Return that jewel of mine
I want to be brave once again
In this life I wish I’d find my place
‘Cause I just want to be happy again
Return that jewel of mine
Let me love my inner child back
He’s so broken and sad
Because he couldn’t have his mom and dad
Return that jewel of mine
Waiting will only keep breaking my heart
Please allow me to be alive
Please allow me to accept who I am
Return that jewel of mine
Let’s just sit down and cry
I’ll hug you, please hug me back
We just need to talk
Return that jewel of mine
So I can express the beauty in my eyes
So I can feel love by my side
So I can leave all this pain in the past
Return that jewel of mine
I need love, I need to smile
Look at me, open your eyes
Before I’ve taken too much and die
When you read Blue Verses: Volume I. Of Love, Death, Angels and Demons, you get a real sense of the angst that the poet is trying to convey. I read the poems like a series of bad and good days within a life that was filled with uncertainty and doubt; lack of faith and lack of love; malaise and relevance of purpose. The use of stormy sea imagery used by the poet, I think, mirrors the emotions that Hernández is experiencing and vastness of what he is trying to reconcile in his mind through the writing of his poetry as well as the idea that he is trying to keep his head above water.
Despite the numerous sections with which Hernández has structured his collection, there is a sense of an oscillation between these ups and downs and this is reflected in the verse as the poems veer between a self-motivational talking-to where the questioning of feelings is paramount, to darker poems which reveal that whilst the poet wants to believe what he is telling himself, everything in the world around him indicates that it is to the contrary. And so the collection goes, wandering between philosophical musings to declarations of faith to examinations of love that has ended, to name the main themes.
I think that this collection represents in verse what young people face today: a world that seems hostile in so many ways; a need to find a purpose and a hope that that is the right path; a lasting powerful love which does not deceive; maintaining a faith, letting it light the way and anchor you to the world. With this in mind, I think that a younger audience will find Hernández's words will resonate with them and will certainly comfort those who feel like they are the only ones who can possibly feel this way.
There were poems throughout the collection that stood out for me in their message, their rhythm or their content: Nowhere at All with its lines "I just feel like a stranger/In this endless and meaningless evening" which is succinct but imbued with meaning; Okay and its upbeat rhythm; Embrace the Void and its use of rhyme; Maybe Tomorrow with its attempted hope against bleakness; Essence for its roundedness and use of language and finally, Die Again and the alliterative lines "“Now I can’t conform/To the laws of this low world".