The Stars Seem So Far

Lying on my bed I watch
the dark night through
the open skylight
The thought of you
accompanies me

And the stars seem so far tonight
My love, where are you
Miles of clouds drift between us,
cover up and hide

But clouds can disappear
in an instant
When clear sight is found in the heart
where stars are always known
to be there
You, I cannot unsee,
cannot unfeel

What is invisible to the eye
requires inner knowing
and faith

©RoseGirl2020

In His Embrace Always

When her heart grieves
so deep
all she longs for is
his arms to hold her
but they are an ocean apart

So instead, he tells her
to look at the sky above
the earth below
to sense the wind on her skin
to see the trees sway
clouds move
the stars appear
and to feel that everything
around her is his embrace

©RoseGirl2020

Finding Our Way To The Sun

And I watch the rain fall
It has been raining for days
So many thoughts
So many ‘I miss you’s’
Restrictions and distance
Yet in my heart the love
the connection
We talk all day long
without words

And then rain may
continue to fall
tears may be shed
but free birds like us
can’t be caged
and if grey clouds
hold back the light
we’ll find a way
we’ll just rise above
and fly to the sun

©RoseGirl2020

Two Stars

And I see two stars in the sky
They both seem so lonely
with a dark, black gap
between them

But if they shine
as bright as they can
with their light they can touch
each other, they entwine
and any gap,
any dark between them,
dissolves

©RoseGirl2020

The Truth Behind The Story

Early in the morning
I cycle through the city
in the rain
and I think of you
miss you
The story of the past
on repeat in my mind
the headlights of cars
shine upon my tears
and let them shimmer
like diamonds
As if each is precious
holding a truth
behind the story
how much we are connected
and behind the pain
how deep, how strong,
how shiny
the love is

©RoseGirl2020

Located

Even when on a map
they placed us both
on different continents
they drew an ocean
between us
and depicted it
with a scale
of thousands of miles,
we know that
on the map of our soul
we don’t need to travel
for we’re located
in each other’s heart

©RoseGirl2020

What I Want To Listen To

May I lie in your arms
and rest in the sound
of your heartbeat
to know that
I don’t need to close
my eyes to see dreams
for real
And no matter how much noise
the world makes
how loud my thoughts,
my headaches
it’s only your strong heartbeat
I listen to
it’s our calming song, our hopes
I hear

©RoseGirl2020

Found

And I walk around in this town
seeing everything anew
through your eyes
the canals, the park, the Dom Tower
reaching out my writer hand,
my heart to you
so you can walk with me here
side by side

And we could go anywhere
and nowhere
Left or right
We could get lost in these streets
Knowing that in each other’s heart
we’re always found

And wherever we go
Even if it seems like
we go round and round and round
On our journey of love
every step, all paths lead home

©RoseGirl2020

Floating

And we float in the river
and do not hold on
to any rock no more
our likes, our dislikes
our old ways, our patterns
we just let them go
as we flow together
bonded by the life line
between our hearts
save forever
in the waters of the universe,
the stream of love

©RoseGirl2020

Nurturing

I will nurture you with my poems
with words that kiss you gently
on your lips
with a heart, with arms that reach
across the ocean to hold you
and put your heavy head against
my chest
with thoughts that surround
and set you in light and love

©RoseGirl2020