Poetic Art From The Heart ~ Finding Beauty In Truth
I throw a flower into the air
and it takes a free flight
before it lands in the water
and the river takes it
And I give it to the river
All that is not mine
I am in motion
though my feet remain
on the riverbank
And even my strongest
heart’s desire
I give it to the river
River, will you take care
While I find ground
on solid land
And I trust you are not far
as I’m not far either
and the water will guide us
to find the harbour
of common ground
©RoseGirl2018
My angel of my heart
Even behind your clouds
I see your light
In your biggest storm
I find your stillness
Even your thunder words
caress
In your masks I see your face
When you shout
I hear your quietness
In your distance
I feel your close embrace
Even in your fears
I see your courage
In your pain
I see you healing
In your tears
I find the rainbows
In your lies
I see your truth
Since in you
I find you
always
©RoseGirl2018
I saw a rose that had scars
of rough weather
of thunderstorms,
rain and cold
She had lost
some of her petals
And although
she had her shadows
and wore her thorns
She was the most
delicate flower
rooted in heaven
As she had found
her radiating beauty
within her
perfect imperfection
©RoseGirl2018
Tonight white birds fly over Lisbon
to reconcile heaven and earth
and bring peace
between your heart and mine
And while the church bells
of the cathedral ring
The flying messengers
come to sing
That all is safe and well
and forgiven
Since the sky that connects,
has been cleared
©RoseGirl2018
My love, let our feet dance and dance
to this up-tempo beat
Let our heads forget and forget
till we only have
this empty space
of sounds and footsteps
Com’on my love
The dancefloor is all ours
Can you feel the rhythm?
Let our bodies move and move
Faster, even faster
Let us whirl around like a wind
till there’s nothing left
but movement
but action
but vibrating tunes
Let us dance, dance, dance
As though we are
undisturbed
disentangled
from a reality
that went crazy
©RoseGirl2018
Once there were
a queen and a king
that had their
colourful tiled palace
on a mountain
in the woods
of Sintra
And each day they looked
over the green land,
the sea, the wide sky,
the valley
and all the abundance
of their fairy tale like
kingdom
Though it was
in one another’s eyes
they found
their true monarchy
©RoseGirl2018
Hear how the ocean rages
It spits its water
on the beach
A dragon rides the waves
and fires words
that thunder
mercilessly
against the cliffs
Oh dragon inside my heart
Roar your fire
Shout your strength
Over the land and
the mountains
And be as wild
and fearless
as the raging sea
©RoseGirl2018
Clouded is the sky
Like the sea it lost
its colours of deepest blue
All seems so grey now
Where are the rainbows,
the sunflowers,
the brave heroes
of the glorious sea?
Lost feathers on the beach
Oysters in the sand
that keep inside
their precious pearls
Sand rubs my feet
The sound of waves
invades my ears
and thoughts
But look,
on the horizon
ships come in
Fishermen bring
tales and treasures
to the land
And look,
how the seagulls float
Do they know?
Have they seen?
As long as there’s hope
that the sun will shine again
I’ll look out for you
©RoseGirl2018
Always firmly stand your ground
Love is everywhere around
The sun shines on your face
So don’t give up
Don’t give in to fears and doubts
Always look beyond the clouds
The truth is in your heart
And so is he
Just open to receive
All is already here
The prison is your mind
Though in the castle of your heart
you are free
©RoseGirl2018
Sharp words have torn apart my heart
Dark shadows have fallen upon us
The night came showing us no mercy
Though the swords that cut my heart
Mirror me the beauty
Of a heart that is wounded
As it loves so deeply
Please don’t let the night divide us
At least let us meet again by day
©RoseGirl2018
July opens the door to summer
A strong wind moves the trees
In a park I walk on green grass
with daisies and clovers
While white butterflies dance
around me
And in the middle
a small white church stands
in sacred devotion
Inside the angels sing
about the force of purest love
The wind bends the grass
Birds surf the air
My hair and dress
wave like a flag
On a Summer day in a park
As I enter the white church
and let the sound of angels
surround me
©RoseGirl2018
I want to rhyme in schemes
But my poem doesn’t let me to
I want to find the harmony within the A,B,A,B
But my poem wants the A,F,B,G
I want to find perfect words
But my poem likes pure expression,
raw words, flowing like a rough river
directly from the heart
I want a garden with borders
but my poem likes the wild flowers
and the uncut grass
I want to write an
intellectual
metrical
composition in
symmetrical
verses
But my poem does
whatever it wants
And now, at least,
I want to end it all in style
But my poem says:
Just do whatever you like
©RoseGirl2018
Summer moon, please tell me
what do you see there from above?
Do you see two hearts lighting,
two earthly stars that shine as one?
Do you see them looking up to you
As though they seek their other half?
Summer moon, connect those hearts
Catch the light of one of them
and send it to the other one
©RoseGirl2018
My fairy man
Plants grow on your chest
Hope sprouts from your heart
New leaves surround you
Nature breathes through you
You’re alive, so much alive
and you’re strong
Oh fairy man
Truer are your eyes
Greener is your heart
Brighter is your light
Now the sun is at
its highest in the sky
You’re wise, oh so wise
and you’re brave
Dear fairy man
Standing on your own
Showing all your colours
Can you hear
the drumming heartbeat,
leading you back home
You’re pure, oh so pure
and you’re the love
My fairy man
Shaman of the woods
Flourishing in truth
Let the fire guide you
to harvest summer’s fruits
©RoseGirl2018
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
A lonely road ahead
While the midday sun burns mercilessly
and uncovers shadows to accompany me
My army of angels where are you
Did you dissolve in light?
Help me to see
where I am going
Or is it blind trust
that keeps my vision clear?
©RoseGirl2018
You amaze me
Breath-take me
Mindblow me
Heartglow me
Wonder-fulfil me
Dumbfound me
Astound me
Awesome
how you awe me
with all
of your awe-someness
©RoseGirl2018
You can lend my voice
to say the words
you are unable to say
The flowers in your heart wait
to burst into sounds
Let me speak your unspoken,
write your unwritten
Just dance within my poem
Hum along with my song
Since my words are yours
as much as
your silence is mine
©RoseGirl2018
You don’t need to give
your heart away
You can keep it
Hold it in your hands
Caress it, cherish it
Protect it, care for it
As for new born baby chick
Velvety, vulnerable, breakable
And only when you’re ready
Slowly open your hands
And let your heart fly
Gently it will land
into mine
©RoseGirl2018
Your picture in black and white
You left the colors out
Or did they simply leave you?
Your eyes so sad
and directionless
Like they can’t see
the shore no more
Drowned in gone days
Let me paint
And colorize you
Draw your lips into a smile
Pencil you
here with me into today
©RoseGirl2018
Behind closed doors
the lion is locked
Its roar is silenced
In vibrating stillness
it builds up
its strength
Until the day
Justice will triumph
Truth will rule
Order restored
Until the day
the lion will break out
No doors
that can make
it stop
And without any doubt
the world will hear
its thundering roar
©RoseGirl2018
Our love,
A tree of all times
Planted long time ago
Its base unshakable
Survived the turmoil
of ages in this town
Each grain tells another story
Holds another layer
Though its crown still grows
and its leaves renew
and blossom
This tree
Older than we are
Wiser than wise
Will even survive
us
©RoseGirl2018
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