Jacqueline Östlind

POETRY


NOTHING PRETENDING SOMETHING


Hi

Im no one

Pretending to be someone

Im tired of pretending

I´m contemplating

Going back to what I was;

Nothing

And from there

I’ll probably get bored

And start pretending again

Hi

Im nothing

Pretending something

Only when I die

May I rest in peace

For then there is no pretending

I can rest in being

Nothing


2022
SONG OF NYX


Why did I turn to darkness, say?

I did it, love

To see you be the day.

I gave you my star

Permanently

A piece of me

So you could be born.

I'll be the night

So you can be the day

I’ll take your guilt and shame

I’ll take your every blame

If it could mean

You’d be set free

From all collected pain

I’d take it all

If it could mean

You’d love me as the day

For the night that I became


2023
UNHINGED LOVER


An addict for love with a niched interest

For the wallows and depths of the soul

Laid eyes on a wolf, a Newcomen guest

Whos presence filled up the whole room

Tales without words woke curious excitement

For what laid in the eyes of a stranger

An explorer of psyche stared in alignment

Felt safe where most others felt danger

In the eyes of a wolf there’s a lot to discover

It can play, It can kill, It can love

If the wolf’s on your side,

then you don’t need to hide

You can profit from all the above

Do you know your own will?

Did you hear how it sings?

Did you stare in the mirror to tune it?

Do you know why you never where scared of the wolf?

Cause you always knew how to love it.

In the depth of our mind

We can chose to be blind

For all the soul can desire

But the curious ones

With the courage to look

Will a skillset again and acquire


2025