Something Too Holy to Be Holy
2023
Jaundré van Breda
Independently published

Something Too Holy to Be Holy (2023) is my latest collection of poetry available at amazon.com. My previous poetry books include Ask the Vultures (2020), A Heart Beats in the Dirt (2021), and And Something Grows That Will Not Die (2021)

I also have two other books of collected short prose pieces. These include Our Children Will Inherit Our Bones (2019) and The Undoing of the Undone (2022)

Here are three poems taken from my latest release, Something Too Holy to Be Holy (2023):

Butterflies

I smoked a cigarette
outside the hospital
and there were butterflies.
There were thousands
of butterflies.
I took one last drag
and crushed the cigarette
under the heel of my shoe
as butterflies
poured out of the sky
and filled my eyes with tears.
I blinked them away.
The butterflies were gone
but the tears remained.
I walked back
to the ward
where you were dreaming
and I knew
you were dreaming
of something
beautiful.

Jaundré van Breda © 2023

She Smiles

She smiles
at me

and it’s a real smile

and a ray of sun
pierces the dark
like a golden arrow

an arrow
dipped in the tears
of God

and I bleed
like no one
has ever
bled.

Jaundré van Breda © 2023

Confession

It
rains

and
the heart does
what it does best

and
I wave
at my sad
soul
smiling
in the reflection
of an empty bottle
that took more
than it gave

and
finally

having lost more
than I'd like
to admit

I admit
you’re all
I ever
had.

Jaundré van Breda © 2023

If you like these poems, maybe consider getting a copy. As I’ve mentioned before, Something Too Holy to Be Holy, along with my other books, are available at amazon.com. Feel free to have a look.