What Makes A Poem Beautiful

And sometimes a poem
doesn’t have beautiful words
but the F-word is smashed
into it
screaming with anger with the world
hurt and raw, naked ‘I miss you’s’
stand lonely in the empty spaces
in between
and tears drop from the letters
like waterfalls
But what still makes it beautiful is
it is written with the indelible ink
of love

©RoseGirl2020

Tears Will Dry Up

And when I see you
in your world in black and white
and look into your eyes
it’s like I look into a mirror
and see myself
see a well of sadness
All those tears we’ve cried
my love, one day
the well will dry up
and then we’ll only cry
tears of joy together

©RoseGirl2020

The Art Of Heaven

The September morning sun
shines brightly on me
and makes my world
a colourful painting
to remind me that even though
nights can be dark,
days can be rainy and grey
and the Dutch summer
has been painfully missing you,
There are magical ways
in which heaven’s light
can do its work,
use its paintbrush
and can shine its art through

©RoseGirl2020

What I Stand For

I don’t take sides
I’m neither left nor right
I’m not ‘they versus us’
I’m not of a party
I’m not in a box
and therefore
cannot be framed
and won’t take
any blame and shame
on me

The only thing I follow
is the truth
of my heart
the only thing I stand for
is love

©RoseGirl2020

To See You

I count stars tonight
and watch the moon glow
full of desire, full of hope
How infinite the universe is
just like our love
that reaches further
than the eyes can see
so at the utmost reach
of sight
the heart takes over
to see more stars,
to see you

©RoseGirl2020

Set The Wild Horses Free

Free the songs silently
sung within
but almost explode
in crescendo
The feelings bubbling
deep down in your belly
The passion running
through your veins
The waves of desire
that flood your heart
Dance with me and set
your wild horses free
let them ride the love
Ride the world together
with me

©RoseGirl2020

My Pen Knows More

Often my pen seems to know
and to believe more than I do
When I see grey skies
My pen writes them blue
When I’m knocked down
by reality
my pen writes a fairy tale
When I’m lost
my pen finds me
When I don’t like myself
and see only mistakes
my pen let me look
through your eyes
to put me back into place
When I don’t like the now
and miss you like crazy
My pen writes a bright future
together with you

©RoseGirl2020

By The River

Meet me by the river
in the homeland of our dreams
where things flow
where things sing
what shall be and so it is

Where we don’t need
to miss each other
where the future beckons us
with its sun
that shines upon our tears
and makes a rainbow
for the present moment

©RoseGirl2020

Through The Window

A strong wind blows
and through the open window
finds its way inside
And I sit still
within the movement
my eyes closed
to see you

And then it’s like
another window opens
Desire whirls
within the heart
within the body
and makes me fly
through the window
to merge with you

©RoseGirl2020

Who We Truly Are

And we make a palace
of our memories together
where we store
only the good ones,
look at all the diamonds,
the treasures
and dance in its ballroom
among the gold, alchemized
when we met
Where we remember
when we look
in each other’s eyes,
who we truly are

©RoseGirl2020

As Long As We Love

And in another realm
I cry with you together
in your arms
about all that happened
the ocean between us
missing each other
an empty bed
longing that hurts
And as we dry
each other’s tears
we smile as we know
as long as we love
as long as we cry
together
we’re never truly apart

©RoseGirl2020

Brave Bird

Early in the morning
while I think of you
I watch the rain fall
And despite the bad weather,
the grey, depressing sky
I hear a bird sing
Just like my heart, the love
will never be silenced
even if it storms, thunders,
or rains,
regardless of heat or cold
it will always sing its song

©RoseGirl2020

Crows

Crows fly over us
Freer and lighter
closer to the sun
than we are

And they bring us
an omen of change
movement and good fortune
with their intelligent foresight
they see it all

My love, may we see
what those crows see
May we fly along with them
lighthearted and free

©RoseGirl2020

Complement

Yes I can stand strong on my own
But just like the moon that needs
the sun to shine
I need you to witness me when I rise
Your energy around me to ground me
and to feel safe to open
like a flower to the world
I need you to hold and protect me
when I’m naked and vulnerable
I need you to just be you
and to stand by my side

©RoseGirl2020