An Affair With Life

By Sean Achilleos

"An Affair With Life" - The philosophical poems of Sean Achilleos. The poems of Sean Achilleos were not written in a traditional poetry-like style. His approach is more philosophical and it holds a deeper meaning to the person with whom it resonates. The experience might not be the same, but the emotion might.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sean Achilleos
• Release date: May 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311945020

Sean Achilleos

Sean Achilleos is a Singer, Songwriter, Painter and Poet/Writer from Port Elizabeth Southern Africa. He has enjoyed various television and radio success mainly with his music. His poems are not traditional, but rather philosophical. Sean Achilleos writes what most people think or feel, but are not always able to convert into words. The keyword is "identification". The experience may not always be the same, but the emotion might.A Lesson Learnt - (Written by Sean Achilleos 17 July 2016)They say that we enter this world as rough as a rockBut through our differences we buff one-anotherUntil a beautiful smooth pebble is formedPressure creates a pearlKeep what is good and discard the restEmbrace those who bring out the best in youIf someone brings forth the worst in youDiscard them but remember the lesson learntForgive but don't tread the same pathForgiveness is a universal commandIn order to prevent an emotional prisonBut it doesn't mean that you have to repeat the lesson

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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans

John Lennon

AN AFFAIR WITH LIFE

SEAN ACHILLEOS

(The Philosophical Poems of Sean Achilleos)

I can not tell you that they’re short stories

I can not tell you that it’s traditional poetry

But rather snippets of insights into life

My life, Your life

The keyword is IDENTIFICATION.

In this book I share a part of my life with the reader,

However, simultaneously you may also find a part of yourself,

in hopefully most of my writing.

My style of writing is not traditional, but rather philosophical.

I write what most people feel, but are not always able to convert into word.

This book is dedicated to my late mother Rita Correia

Sean Achilleos

About the Author:

Sean Achilleos is a Singer, Songwriter, Painter and Poet from Port Elizabeth South Africa.

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Stormy Seas

I want to place my bed at the edge of the ocean shore

And fall asleep to the sound of the roaring waves

Where the seagulls sing a reminiscent song

When the high tide rolls in, it can wash right over me

The tide pulls back and comes again as so many things in life

I lay still in my bed waiting for the next wave to hit

Underneath a waterproof blanket I try to keep warm

The sea air surrounds me and my mind seeks shelter from the storm

This time there’s no more anger or resentment

I cast my fate to the wind and let go of the past

Love and light surrounds me

(2013)

How Do You Know

I’ve been so many people

But I just can’t seem to find one that fits like a glove

I’ve been a people pleaser, a revolutionist

But it has all fallen by the wayside

How do you know who you are

How do you know who you are not

(2009)

Solitude

Solitude makes you stay at home

Solitude makes you draw the curtains closed

Where is my Love you ask

Grown wings like a dove and flown away

I need you, you cry

But there is no answer and the silence has become tangible

Living in memory are you ... From a Love from long ago

Wake up, wake up, you hear a voice cry out

Wake up ... Morning is here

The sun is bursting in the sky

And scorches down on your very soul

Wake up...your Love was only but a dream and barb wire surrounds you

Hello loneliness ... Hello solitude

(2006)

Love

If Love was tangible what would it be

Do you hear Love in the beat of your lover’s heart

Do you see Love in the smile of an innocent child

But what good is Love if you have it not ... If you know it not

You can merely hear it ... You can merely see it

But you feel it not

Still we hunger for Love

Black or white ... Day and night

Man or woman ... Young or old ... We all run the race

Searching this whole world ... In my world or in yours

We keep searching for Love

We