Poetry & Stories | Finding Beauty In Truth
I’m happy to share that my book is out now! It contains a collection of my poems.
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Thank you all for your support, love, appreciation and encouragement! It means a lot to me.
Small bird in the big field
Hopping shyly around
Do you know
The green grass is all yours
And you have your wings
to fly?
The wind will catch
The earth will nourish
Never underestimate
the strength of the small
©RoseGirl2018
I walk the path
in the sky
A white stripe
shows the road
I bridge the gap
between
me here and you there
to find us both
somewhere
on the horizon
of a new day
©RoseGirl2018
If distance doesn’t count
and closeness can be found
even without words
Then why does it feel
so useless
now to be you-less?
Is it the yin that needs the yang
The moon that needs
the sun to shine
Like my heart needs
its equivalent
to beat its perfect rhythm?
Is it the black that needs the
white
The poet that needs her reader
The page that longs for words
to find its true fulfilment?
Is it the guitar that needs
its strings
Like a voice that needs
to sing
And Eve needs her Adam
like Isolde needs her Tristan?
Is it my hand that needs your skin
to touch
My body that needs
your soft embrace
Like the puzzle that needs
the fitting pieces?
Is it me that longs to be
you-ful?
©RoseGirl2018
She glides over water
Adorned with white feathers
she floats by the grace of her heart
In the shimmering mirror
of the rippling water surface
she looks for the image
of her other half
She sings her song and longs
for its echo
Then one day
her white equal alights
from the heights of her dreams
She recognizes her counter part
And they court for life,
mate for the heavens
As their curved necks entwine
elegantly in a heart
The mirror and its image are one
And in a duet of
sacred partnership
They perform their love
in A minor
Until the day
the heavens open
A choir of angels appears
and shows them the way
And full of devotion
the couple performs
their earthly final;
the most beautiful swan song
©RoseGirl2018
I search for your eyes
in warm days of
late Spring
In brief encounters
In crowded places
In the quietness
of parks
I long for them
in short,
moonless nights
In dreams
without sleep
In the mirrors of
store windows
I try to catch
their gaze
Since my eyes feel empty
Now I don’t see
their reflection
in yours
©RoseGirl2018
Heart petals shower upon her
Blessings fall down
Heaven’s gifts wash over her
Angels kiss her cheeks
and carry her sorrows away
She dances in the rain
Sings in the thunderstorm
A rose in her hair
Wild flowers at her feet
Her dress waves happily
around her
She goes with her rose
with style and with grace
Like she goes with her heart
Her eyes always focused
on the brightest star
©RoseGirl2018
Cloud will you rain on me
You’re way too heavy weighted
Your darkness hides my sun
Your depression
makes it hard to breathe
Cloud will you rain on me
Release my heavy heart
I held its waters for too long
A growing ball inside my chest
And now it’s hanging at my feet
Wind will you blow in me
And inflate my hanging heart
Let it go up again
Like a worriless balloon
©RoseGirl2018
Hear the whisper in the wind
that is blowing from the west
Bringing hopeful messages
of new beginnings
Its strong breath
stirs up the fires once more
Out of ashes rises the Phoenix
Since nothing is set
And all is always changing
The wind of the east
that once blew you far away from me
has changed direction
and will one day bring you back
©RoseGirl2018
You walk slowly
Or do I go too fast
My words move even
far ahead of me
as I run tirelessly
towards my dreams
I turn around
And my love,
you are behind
What are you waiting for?
Do you see
what’s on the horizon
radiating there for us?
Do you see
the golden sun
and the fields of infinity?
Or do you see
the birds along the path
the little stones
that crack
underneath your feet
and is it that
what makes you go
slowly but graciously?
Do I need to slow down
Or do you need to go faster?
Maybe the road I choose
will have some curves
and at the end we will arrive
at the same time?
To then find out
In heart
we have always walked
hand in hand and
side by side
©RoseGirl2018
Each word is a teardrop
I shed for you
Rivers of aching liquid
that flow from my eyes
into my pen and clot
on the paper
The page is a blank pool
that has absorbed
a still life of pain
Each teardrop
is a witness of
how you are present
in absence
Of how the love
flows out of my eyes
©RoseGirl2018
It is a day
on which a warm breeze strokes
my arms and face
The air is expectant,
zooming and dancing
The roses opened their hearts
to expose themselves
to my gaze
And I show myself
to your eyes once more
If only the roses could talk
Their words would sing of their beauty
Like my heart sings of mine and yours
©RoseGirl2018
São Jorge Castle, Lisbon
The queen is at her castle
and overlooks the city
that spreads majestically
down by the river,
into the valley
and over the seven hills
Life is good to those
who toast to life
©RoseGirl2018
The city awakens quickly
from its morning slumber
Vivid vibrant colors sway
to the rhythm of a new day
And I come alive to you
©RoseGirl2018
The day the doves take over
And invasion of hungry love doves will come from above
The day the doves take over
They will be feeding us
©RoseGirl2018
Here in the narrow, steep streets of Lisbon
We step into a fado song
And drown in the lake of longing
Our story woven
into the history of this town
A you and a me
A love that reaches overseas
Sailing the stormy waves of destiny
Wine and fish, music, poetry and tears
Melancholy blends with hope
O meu amor do silêncio
Your melodies are echoing
forever in my heart
©RoseGirl2018
In the forest between Cascais and Sintra, Portugal
I breathe out the air
the trees take in for me
I inhale the air
the trees transformed for me
Underneath the ground
a network of roots
connects the trees
The forest breathes
as one with me
©RoseGirl2018
At the threshold of the night
When veils to the unseen are thin
The wizard plays with
shadows and light
Melts the hearts of lovers into gold
And I
dream you here with me
©RoseGirl2018
The initiation well of Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra
The tower does not reach up into the sky
but descends down into the ground
A spiral staircase leads me
into the underworld of darkness
Inside the womb of mother earth I die
I take off my old self
at the bottom of the dark, moist cave
And then slowly I rise
Rebirth my renewed me
I emerge from the labyrinths of my own depths
Journey towards the daylight
Up into your radiant mystery
©RoseGirl2018
There are rocks in the river
That block the water from flowing
The river keeps its tales unrevealed
And I am lost for words
I want to swim in your depths
Get drown in the waters of your heart
Float in your ocean
Your current will lead me
back to my words
©RoseGirl2018
I bow for the land and the sea underneath me
I bow for the sky spreading widely in front of me
I bow for the angels close above me
I bow for the harvest of the days behind me
For the seeds of tomorrow within me
For the lights of the souls around me
For your heart beating always along with me
For the love flowing strongly through me
For all that you are and all that I am
I bow
©RoseGirl2018
Here on the sand plain
My feet sink deep into the earth
My hands build our castle
Sand slips through my fingers
While the wind blows its own
creatures
And heart clouds float happily
above me in the sky
Believe, all the magic is real
and reality
is just a bad dream
©RoseGirl2018
A gloomy sea under a dreary sky
Salty tears and bitter thoughts
The horizon is a line to cross,
a misty spot in future
The boat leaves a trail
behind and disturbs the water
Don’t look back
Don’t look forward yet
Just feel how the wind
makes your hair dance
The moist on your skin
Him in your heart
Destination lies within
the now
©RoseGirl2018
The day you were born
heaven came to earth
Flowers bloomed,
birds serenaded,
the sun shined
All celebrated
your unique expression of life
Angels blew their horn
and spread the word that
you had arrived
You, free spirit
that came flying from above,
held within the seeds
of so many songs yet to be sung
You were born to be love
and be loved
by me
©RoseGirl2018
We both keep still
and watch each other
Like two cats
that both have
their own territory
Carefully
holding the space
between us
Thick tensed air
Soundless words
fly back and forth
Tumultuous peace
captured in the status quo
We have our own
universe
In this equilibrium
of silence
©RoseGirl2018
