Poetic Art From The Heart ~ Finding Beauty In Truth
When you sing your songs tonight
will you hold me close
within your heart
Will you feel me in every sound
you breathe
In every rhythm you move
When I sing my songs tonight
I will hold you
in each tone,
in each word
And in the crescendo
we’ll come together
and our melodies will merge
into one song
©RoseGirl2018
Empty pictures
We don’t show our faces
Like last night’s full moon
that hid behind the clouds
But what we can’t see
doesn’t mean
it is not there
You and me,
Hidden for the eyes
But present within
Some things are
Too close to be seen
©RoseGirl2018
Whatever you do,
Wherever you may go,
I trust your heart
I trust your wings
I trust your sails
I trust your feet
For they are your compass
And they will always
navigate you to me
©RoseGirl2018
If I lose hope
Can you please keep it
If I see myself crying
for the rest of my life
about you
on my own
Can you please see
us both
laughing together
And then please
dream me
back into our dreams
©RoseGirl2018
Wherever I am
In any place,
Any country,
Any town,
Nowhere I am
And I am
everywhere
When I am
with you
©RoseGirl2018
I want you here
I want you now
I want you,
I want you,
I want you,
Says the voice of impatience
Love is timeless,
Says the voice of patience,
But,
I want you,
I want you,
I want you,
Too
©RoseGirl2018
She was strong, yes
She stood there as
the tallest tree
Rooted in her truth
She was brave, indeed
She let her heart guide her
Even when she needed
to jump in uncertain seas
She was a survivor, for sure
as she had gone through
the worse battles
But she held the sword
of her love in her hands
And no matter
how many times she fell
She always rose again
But even the strongest woman
Has her tears
And wants to sleep at night
Curled up like a small child
In the arms of the One
That makes it all worth to fight
In the arms of her tallest tree,
her divine counterpart
©RoseGirl2018
Once there were
two nightingales
A male and a female
Every night the male bird
sang his heart out
in the trees
of the forest
And then the female bird
came to listen
to his magic sounds
And he saw her there
flying around
Under the moon
Her beautiful eyes
lit up the dark
And he flew towards her
To look
into those two diamonds
First she stayed
at a distance
But as she found
more trust in her heart
She flew closer too
But the closer they grew
The more he started
to shake
Who was that girl
With her magic eyes
that seemed
to have bewitched
his heart
As she stirred up
the deepest emotions
and the truest love
And then she also
started to sing
She sang her words of
poetry
into his ears
He started to shake
even more
He enjoyed it,
for sure
But it needed to stop
It scared him, overwhelmed him
It created too much turmoil
So then one night
He called in his friend
the raven
And the raven ambushed
the bird girl
And he thundered through
the forest:
‘Keep your distance, you
weird bird
Don’t come any near
to him no more.
Don’t even fly over
Or otherwise I will call
my army of ravens’
She started to shake
Like she had never shaken
before
And with her heart broken
and her head hanging down
She flew away
But what to do
As her songs of love
Continued to flow
from her heart
And she could not stop
to sing?
Though every night
She shivered
as she could still hear
the echo
of the thunder cry of the raven
in her ears
So in another part
of the forest
in her own tree
she continued to sing
No one, not even the raven
Could forbid her to love
And one night
When she sang her heart out
In her tree
Under the moon
She saw two beautiful eyes
that lit up the dark
It was her own nightingale
that came to listen
to her magic sounds
©RoseGirl2018
She had already left
and he was still there
But when she drove away
She realized
She hadn’t shared with him
What was most important,
She had just talked
But hadn’t shared
the depths of her heart
So she drove back
and ran towards him
While he stood outside
And under the night sky
full of stars
She told him she loved him
But he got scared
as she had spoken
the words he had longed for
to truly feel them all his life
But could not yet say himself
And when she saw
the fear in his eyes
She got scared too
They mirrored each other
He suddenly seemed
a small boy
She a small girl
That both longed to be loved
But both had scars
that somehow blocked
their heart streams
to freely flow
into one another
And scared as she was
She ran away
She left him alone
She turned around
one more time
And there he still stood
as a helpless,
scared child
She left him behind
and let him drown
in the sea of love
Where he was not yet
able to swim
And now, some time
has passed
And she realizes
how she once
abandoned him
So after all that time
She drives back
to go to the small boy
under the night sky
full of stars
once again
And she takes his hand
Takes him in her arms
And tells him
Although she once left
He never left her heart
And she never stopped
to love him
©RoseGirl2018
You flew out
Brave as you were
You trusted
But the wind
unexpectedly
blew harsh words
that cut
your heart full of love
into pieces
You got your wings broken
And fell down
to the ground
You were wounded
and lost
But you took
the pieces
One by one
And healed your wings
Meanwhile
the love in your heart
grew stronger
Now, do you dare
to fly out
Do you truly believe
in love again
Do you dare
to trust the wind
That in fact,
he did it out of love
and only helped you
to get stronger
©RoseGirl2018
Once there was a singing bird
And every day, every night
He sat there on his branch
He sang his heart out,
and made the hearts of others melt
by his songs
But he could only sing and dream
about the clear, blue sky
and the lands far away
where his female counterpart
flew
As he didn’t dare to take flight
himself
Though every day, every night
the singing bird got unhappier
And even his dreams
and his songs didn’t seem
to soothe him no more
His female counterpart
asked him when he would come
And he told her that would be never
He said to her to leave him alone
and he dwelled on his branch of fear and sadness
He said to himself:
‘I cannot fly, what if it won’t work out
She cannot truly love me,
I will only hurt her
and get hurt myself
And my wings can break.’
A wise owl that had watched
and heard it all,
smiled and said:
‘Oh bird, you want to protect
yourself from suffering
so you don’t fly
and push away everything
of love that could give you wings
But here you are and look
Now you even are
in greater misery
As you cut yourself off
from the truest love.’
So then one day
the singing bird called on all his courage
And even though he was still afraid
He started to sing a song
He spread his wings and jumped
and flew towards the horizon
of his love
©RoseGirl2018
There are cracks and holes
in the ceiling above your head
And there is dust and water
coming in
You try to repair, try to get a grip
but it is useless nonetheless
What can you do when all falls apart
When cracks are getting bigger
When outside trees lose their leaves
When Winter knocks on your door
And you try to save your box of memories
Let the ceiling of old beliefs collapse
Let the ground of the past be taken from you
Take off your black coat
and let the old you die
Allow death to do its work
And let it free you
Look around there are ruins everywhere
But see,
Among the grey, among the dust
There is a wild rose blossoming
Untouched, and it is for you
Rise from the ashes now
Rise towards the sun
And build your new world around
the rose
©RoseGirl2018
Welcome back here in the flat lands
Where the sight is wide
Where we build dams and dikes
to hold back the waters
Where we are used to storms
and ride on bikes
Where there is Amsterdam
that centers the country
Fields with cows and horses
in squares
Where once two hearts met
and could never forget
about what they had seen
in the depths of each other
But those hearts were scared
to be overwhelmed
by the waves of love
flowing towards them
And so they built dams and dikes
to prevent the waters
to come too close
They both went
on their own path
But there always was
this strong thread,
a line between them
And now,
here in this land of squares
Let’s make the circle round
again
Let’s for once and for all
connect the dots
©RoseGirl2018
The silent bird
tried to find her voice again
For a very long time
she didn’t dare to let herself be heard
She listened to the singing bird
how he sang his heart out
and she admired every tune
But thought that she would
never be able to sing her own heart songs
Though the melodies she heard inside
got stronger and stronger
as the songs of the singing bird
merged more and more with
her silent poems
And one day she called on all her courage
and she gave voice to the sounds
in her heart
It stirred up the deepest emotions
as she sang her poem of love
for her singing bird
she felt him close
But when she finished her song
She got shy
And her own voice made her scared
‘I cannot sing, the singing bird
sings his songs better’
is what she said to herself
‘And I won’t sing again, no never
It’s all hopeless’ and she fell
from her branch into despair
A wise owl that had watched
and heard it all,
smiled and said:
‘How can you love the singing bird entirely
if you don’t love your own singing within you?
Don’t silence the songs of your heart
Don’t silence the love.
You may be scared to sing,
the singing bird is scared to fly
However,
you two are both meant to fly
and to sing, so help each other.’
So from that day on
the silent bird wasn’t silent
no longer
And if you listen carefully
you hear her singing her poems
gently into your ears
©RoseGirl2018
I have a beautiful garden here
A safe haven for you to come to
A place for us both to heal and to grow
My poems are the flowers
that wildly blossom from
the fertile grounds of my heart
The fountain of love
is always running for you
It spouts its songs that caress
your ears
The roses bloom abundantly
Each rose is a pearl of a word for you
that shines love into your heart
And under a beautiful, strong chestnut tree
With a magpie couple building its nest in it
There is a bench for two
And there, on that bench
You will find me
being always there for you
©RoseGirl2018
Don’t drink from the glass
of sarcasm
to put yourself down
to make yourself small
as a way
of not being too vulnerable
when standing in the spotlights
But drink from the glass
of love
Let it running through your veins
It will heal you, strenghten you
Don’t let others be deceived
A hero has a naked heart
Glamorous is the one
who let his pure beauty shine
©RoseGirl2018
The sky seems pregnant
Waiting for an outburst
The energy is building up
and wants to find a way out
Intense is your touch
Your gaze seems to burn
The orchestra is playing
and the tones
are reaching up,
coming together
towards the climax
Let us be the lightning and the thunder
Let us ride the waves of creativity
We can cry, release our tears
We can laugh, we can sing
We can dance, we can write
Let us discharge
And then rest in silence
When the thunderstorm has passed,
in each other’s arms
©RoseGirl2018
You stepped on a white page
Like you left the dark
And you embrace more
of your inner sun
Yet careful are your footsteps
and covered are your eyes
as the light seems too bright
to look at
And it is easy to fall
back into the black holes,
into old stories of what once was
but isn’t now
But you want a new beginning
A new page, a new story
A wind of change is blowing
through the book
And I know you will make it,
write it
As firmer is your hand
braver is your pen
by the rise of every new day
©RoseGirl2018
And into the lake
of emotions we look
The water seems still
with ripples of sarcasm,
anger, guilt and shame
on the surface
But they don’t show
the deeper waters
of what is true and pure
Is it the sadness we feel
but we cannot express
But that moves underneath
A deeper pain that is hidden
at the bottom, in the dark?
Is it the love we want to live
but that stirs
the waters of fears?
The surface seems polluted
What it shows isn’t real
The deeper waters want to flow,
want to move
So one day
all the water of the lake
will be pure
©RoseGirl2018
You are a singing bird
that is scared to fly
And I am a flying bird
that fears to sing
Can you help me
to retrieve my voice
and to sing the melodies
I hear inside
And then I will help you
to jump and trust your wings
©RoseGirl2018
You think you are a bird in a cage
And you are trapped in a past
Of black and white
Of no meaning, of doubting
yourself and life
You imprison yourself by thoughts
And behind bars
You look at the world
You observe but you’d like to join
You long to fly
But you think you can never make it far
But the other day I saw you dancing
under a tree,
Like a child playing in the fields
With music in your ears
And a song on your heart
Your heart is strong enough
to break free
Birds are meant to fly
It longs for the clear blue sky
To feel the wind, to feel alive
It longs for new horizons
To leave the past
and its cage behind
And I know it longs for me
©RoseGirl2018
Barefoot we dance
We don’t need clothes
to cover
Nothing we have
Or do we need to own
No masks to wear
Nothing to aim for
The past dissolves
The future isn’t there
Only the love we live
The love we dance
in nakedness
The love we sing of
And rhyme and write
play, create
Barefoot we love
Undressed we dance
And to love is
enough
©RoseGirl2018
A wanderer he is
With a guitar in his hand
A free bird that flies high
on his dreams
And he longs across the ocean
There where she is
A wanderer she is
The poems she writes
She hears melodies behind
them
And on the other shore
She longs across the ocean
There where he is
Wanderers they are
He plays her strings
She writes the words
in his heart
Free birds that dream
that soon the ocean
will be bridged
©RoseGirl2018
And I walk along the river
Where you should have walked too
Next to me there is the water now
Which I cannot hold, but it flows
The river is like sadness
Where does it start
Where does it end
Once it flows, it flows
The sun burns on my face
Like my heart burns for you
Even the birds don’t fly today,
but they walk
on an empty riverbank
And I find the freedom in my footsteps
My hope in my heart
And once I walk, I walk
©RoseGirl2018
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St. Anthony, there are two lovers
Who love each other
like nothing else in the world
He is her sun, she is his rose
Though they are wandering
And can’t find their way
back home
Please, St. Athony
Since you are the protector
of the lost and the lovers
Bring them back
to where they belong
and let them find each other
in one another’s arms
©RoseGirl2018
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Into the dark we fall
The black hole seems deep
and endless
We cannot see
what is behind
or in front
If all is dark
Let’s dance, my love
Our hands are our eyes
Our feet are our ears
that hear the music
And will move
Hold me close
Your body to mine
will fill the void
will clear the sky
We’ll be the white letters
on a black page
We’ll build a world
And I’ll dance you
you’ll dance me
back into the light
©RoseGirl2018
The half moon lacks
and is incomplete
– just like my heart
It only shines
at half strength
Since it misses
its counterpart
©RoseGirl2018
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A wind of turmoil is blowing around
and dragons of fear and sadness
are near.
Anytime.
And you wonder
How to fight
or is it better to hide
And not to show your face
No more.
Who is the enemy
and who can be trusted
Is this real
Or are we living a dream
My dear, my hand.
Feel how it holds yours always
I am with you
You are with me
We fight the dragons together
Warriors of love and light are always tested
I have your heart
and you have mine
And no dragon can come in between
©RoseGirl2018
Look at the peacock
She is the queen of the birds
Elegantly she dances around
Sing her your songs
Court her kingly
Give her the crown of your heart
And then proudly
she’ll show you her feathers
Her truest colours
and all her beauty
is and will be yours
©RoseGirl2018
The sky above Lisbon mourns
It left its bright colours
and pours its heart out
upon the tiled streets
No umbrella gives shelter
as heaven’s teardrops
and its wind of sorrow
break through any shield
©RoseGirl2018
She is a wild girl,
a wild rose
with wild dreams
and wild hopes
as she aims
for her higher love
Some call her foolish
Some call her naive
But then she just smiles
as she has a wise heart
a wild heart
that keeps faith
and holds on
to her wild dreams
©RoseGirl2018
Oh girl by the castle
Are your tears falling down again
Your heart too much of a burden
And your fairy dreams don’t let you in
Because your king is not at home?
Oh girl, looking at the clouds,
the hills and the river down there
While wishing for the stars
and a flying horse to ride
Wipe away your tears
and be his queen
Straighten your back
Rise in love
The castle is yours
For your light
is needed in the world
©RoseGirl2018
Many lives we lived
And many times we died
and were reborn again
In different places
In different shapes
But we always made this promise
to meet on the other side
And to look for one another
In heaven or on earth
To find and to recognize
by the beat of our hearts
by the mirror of our eyes
by the knowing in our souls
For we are eternal lovers
And not even death or life
can tear us apart
©RoseGirl2018
The strong wind is coming
He came from the west
and crossed the ocean
to ashore Portuguese land
And the rain is falling
The branches are bending
All is in motion
The wind wants
and I want you
Be as the hurricane
And blow fiercely,
blow strongly,
blow loudly
your way here to me
©RoseGirl2018
There is a girl on the riverbank
And she waits for him
Her gaze longs
in the distance
There where the river flows
into the ocean
Far beyond her eyes can reach
But her heart knows where to look
She watches the ships that sail by
And counts time
While her tears drop one by one
into the water
The river carries them away
and brings them to the ocean
Far beyond her eyes can see
But her tears know where to flow
©RoseGirl2018
The rose of your dreams
that is given to you
Water her with tenderness
Shower her with words of love
every day
Embrace her with your light
Let her blossom in you, by you
Be her thorns and protect her
Sing her the song of your heart
Nourish her with gentle hands
and sweet touch
Like no one else
than you could do
And love her madly,
love her preciously
Look at her
She will feed herself by your gaze
As her beauty is meant
for your eyes only
©RoseGirl2018
I walk the path to your heart
And see the rivers of tears you cried
How the pain in your chest got fluid
and flowed from your eyes
I see you heart broken
and lost in a dark forest
All the dreams you dreamed
to keep your head up high
And you’ve been so lonely
Though there was this longing
A flame that somehow burns
inside your chest
and that kept you going
Your feet towards a horizon
but you couldn’t see
and you didn’t know
But you walked and you walked
And you looked and you hoped
You created, you laughed and you cried
Your heart so vulnerable
So easy to touch
So you took the stones
and you built a wall
No one could come close
no more
But you were lonely
and you still had your dreams
And I see your struggle,
I see your pain
Your tears a river
that flow from my eyes
As I walk the path to your heart
I walk the path to mine
©RoseGirl2018
Fragile are our hearts
Now love has awakened
them and has opened doors
The world outside is big
and the wind is blowing
in our face
But we can’t go back to sleep
no more
As we’ve heard the call to love
And we’ve seen
the truth in our eyes
We have a lot to give
and have a lot to gain
Fragile are our hearts, yes
But stronger do we grow
as fragile hearts are
of those who are brave
enough to face the wind
since they are rooted
in love
©RoseGirl2018
The moonless night is dark and cold
Lonely are the hours without light
When everything is black
With no blanket to cover old wounds
But my dear, do not fear
Although the moon seems lost
Just look at the stars
and know, in the dawn we’ll find
our colours back
©RoseGirl2018
How can you ever lose me
as you have all of me
You have my eyes
that wish to see you
You have my lips
that want to kiss you
You have my hands
that write about you
and that want to stroke
every part of your skin
You have my words
that embrace all yours
even the words you have not yet spoken
You have my mind
that thinks all the time about you
You have my time
as it is consumed by you
You have my always
as it has been always you
And if you would ever lose me
I would find me back with you
©RoseGirl2018
I could shout from the rooftops
And let the birds sing it
Send my messengers around
Let the sun declare it in the sky
And let the air hum it, vibrate it
Let the flowers bloom it
Bring it into the world
by words of poetry
by dancing footsteps
So everyone will know
That I love you
And how much my heart bursts
©RoseGirl2018
Everywhere you are
Wherever I go
You are always around,
my fairy man
I am always with you
You are always within
No days without you
No place where I cannot find you
Your presence surrounds me,
infuses me
As the most beautiful poem
sung by the wind
And written in our hearts
©RoseGirl2018
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