“When You Stay Alone” is a collection of poetry by the author Zera Princ that speaks of love, loss, life, people and the world around us – of what brings us together, separates us, hurts us, ennobles us and changes us.
In this section, you can read all the poems from the collection.
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Puppet

Yes, she was Puppet
whose life was shaped
by other people's wishes and expectations.

She believed that love
had to be returned with love,
not realizing that love is not
what is conditional.

She was very good at beautifying
people who were bad,
first by lying to herself,
and then to others.

However,
she finally saw things clearly,
she realized she must direct
her own life herself.

And it must be said,
she, too, was a knight,
she didn’t run from hardships,
she faced them head-on
and would fight until victory.

She did not surrender,
not even if she fell from her horse,
not even if she stumbled for a moment.

She didn’t know how strong she was
until she threw herself into battle.
There were defeats,
but she learned
that victories count.

Zera Princ