PinnedMark Pol·Jun 4, 2024FreezeThe approaching doom makes me shiver, as if spring suddenly turns to winter. Doom creeps past me and makes my blood almost freeze.A response icon18A response icon18
Mark Pol·Jul 9Rhythm of lifeTime flows past us — sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly — and repeatedly reality makes itself felt. The Earth we live on is an…
Mark Pol·Jun 23MemoriesThe winds of memory may blow the words away, but the deeds will remain forever.
Mark Pol·Jun 6Thinking and DoingWhen thought is drowned in the static of hatred, racism, and war; when action decays into incompetence, indifference, and the pursuit of…
Mark Pol·May 19Human ErrorAre we alone in the Universe? Yes, why? We are an evolutionary experiment, so what? It is gone completely wrong!!
Mark Pol·Apr 10Count the DaysI count the airplanes that fly over the apartment blocks across from me: a swelling, fading roar. I count the airplanes like the days that…
Mark Pol·Mar 21Drops of timeI am sitting in my small apartment. From the kitchen comes the drip of the leaky faucet, slow and steady, like an echo from a melancholic…A response icon1A response icon1
Mark Pol·Jan 31SurvivalSurvival is rarely the heroic moment we imagine. It is not a triumphant leap across a ravine or a final cry against the storm. Usually, it…
Mark Pol·Dec 21, 2025The room and the lightHe waited and waited. The light in the room burned in his inflamed eyes. The sounds that penetrated him from outside disturbed his waiting…A response icon2A response icon2
