A White Shell

Your pure heart
is as the white shell
in the sand
A treasure to cherish,
gifted by the sea
to share its wealth
and its beauty
with the land

It is
the other part
that fits
my white shell
and once together
makes it complete

©RoseGirl2018

On A Dutch Island

Here on a Dutch island
the sun is shining
again now the storm
has passed
I build a bridge of words
to your heart
and craft my float of love

And with each of my steps
I make little earthquakes
So even you on your island
far away and overseas
will be moved by my heart

©RoseGirl2018

Diving

The Dutch sea seems endless
Emptiness stretches
in front of me
Waves come my way
And then suddenIy
I stand with my feet
in the water

And I could drown now
In my longing for you
In my fears of a love
we do not control

Take my hand and please
dive now with me
What else could we do
The water is everywhere
And we both lost our smiles
Before the sea takes us
Let us take the sea

©RoseGirl2018

Awake

Are you awake, just like me
Do you stare into the dark
And let clouds pass by
through your head

Do you see mountains
arising, too big to climb yet
And then you dream
with your eyes wide open
about clear blue skies
and you have this burning longing
inside your heart?

I am awake, just like you
And I stare into my dreams
And if I stare long enough
I see you above the mountains
in a clear wide sky
flying there with me

©RoseGirl2018

Sunflower

And in a field of waving grass
A flower grows
First yet shyly though
As she learns to dance
to the sighs of the wind
She discovers her gift
to blossom

Graciously she rises,
waves her way up
and opens her heart
to let the rays of light
come in

To reunite
and to merge
with her beloved, the sun

©RoseGirl2018

Out Of Sight

We vanish out of sight
Secretely we leave the page
We hide outside the storyline
Build our own castle
Out of reach of waves,
of storms and of rainfall
And even out of reach
of our own flaws
and crazy ways

©RoseGirl2018

Heart Connection

I seek you
in the glowing warmth of my heart
I bathe in the depths of the waters
where our hearts touch
And embrace you, dive into
a bond, stronger than
all what is outside of us

©RoseGirl2018

A Flame

I dance with the fire inside
A flame that burns for you
And even the October rain
And the waters
flowing from my eyes
Can’t make it fade away

©RoseGirl2018

Candy Words

Grandmother,
Can we go back in time
When you were still here
When all was fine
As long as I was with you

When you saw me
always pure, always beautiful
How you adored me,
bought me candy
Told me sweetest words
and would like to give me
everything I wished for

Can I sit with you, grandmother
Can I lay my heavy head on your lap
Will you stroke my hair
With tender, wrinkled hands that smell of smoke

And then tell me that it will be fine,
’cause that’s my wish
That you love me, that he loves me
-please tell me all your sweetest candy words
That you still see my inner diamond shine
And then pray my candy man
here back with me

©RoseGirl2018

The Greatest Pain

Ugly words
Ugly story
Poetry left
and beauty
disappeared
Just as you
and Summer did

My heart is squeezed
I cannot breathe
The greatest pain is
to be without you
And to exist
withhout existing

©RoseGirl2018

Lead Me

Oh my man of beauty
How tired are my feet
How exhausted are my thoughts
As my dreams keep me out of my sleep
And my fears wake me up

I’ve been so strong
I’ve stood my ground
But now my legs are shaking
And with the tears
hope flows out of my eyes

In this dance we are doing
Can I fall into your arms
Will you take the lead
And I will follow
Wherever you may go
When you’ll do your steps
My feet will then do mine
Let me lean on your chest
Let me rest in your heartbeat
And slowly but steady
we’ll make the dancefloor ours

©RoseGirl2018

The Day The King Returns

Once there were a king and a queen
that had seen the light
in one another’s eyes
But then the light got too bright
to look at
And the dark appeared even darker

So the king rode his horse and left
the kingdom
And went on a quest
to defeat the dragons
While the queen freed the land
from fears and turmoil

But her heart kept burning and longing
For her king to return to their sacred land
His ring still on her finger
Every day she climbed the tower
to look for a sign on the horizon

And so the days passed by
And the queen cried her tears
She fought her battles
She grew stronger
But she never gave up
on the one who belongs
to her heart

And then one day in the distance
a man comes closer
It is the day the queen has prayed for
Ever since the day
the king left the kingdom

And the flag is raised
And the fire is burning
The glasses are filled
Happy tears are flowing

And as their eyes find back
one another’s light
They merge in each other’s arms
Their flames shine as one
and light up the kingdom

©RoseGirl2018

On My Cloud

I climb on my cloud
And I look down
If I can find you somewhere, my fairy man
Are you already coming
Are you doing fine
Is it your heart
that still weights too heavy
That prevents you from flying
Are you too wounded
from the battle?

Trust your wings, my fairy man
And I will trust your heart
I’ll send birds and angels
to accompany you
So you can climb here on my cloud
very soon

©RoseGirl2018

A Hand On My Heart

Lay your hand on my heart
Feel how it beats for you
How it pulses love
Through my veins
And how it’s keeping me alive
and strong

I lay my hand on your heart
And I make a vow
To always be at your side
You will never be alone
no more

And if you feel lost
I know how we can find you
If you feel you want to hide
Please hide yourself in me

And if you have worries
I will blow them from your mind
And if you feel scared
You can seek a shelter in me

And if you want to run
I’ll hold your hand
And we’ll run together
For the hills or even further

Lay your hand on my heart
I lay my hand on yours

And then just feel

song: a hand on my heart

©RoseGirl2018

Flying Bike

I ride my bike
Under a clear, nightly sky
The stars surround me
The moon is behind me
She’s got my back

And I am weightless
As I glide
effortlessly
over the roads here
in this town

I almost fly
It’s like I go to you now
And I could cycle
miles and miles and miles
Towards the west
A smile on my face
Stars before my eyes

Is it the moon
Or is it you
That fires me
Through the Dutch
nightly sky

©RoseGirl2018

He Can Find Her

She is on her own ground
In her house of poetry
And she leaves the light on
For him to find his way home

He can find her
In her house of poetry
Where she writes further
the story about her and him

©RoseGirl2018

I Love You

I want to shout at you,
scream at you
throw sharp words
of raging red
to crumble down
the wall around your heart
For what you have said
Most for what you haven’t
For all of my hurt
For all of my sadness

But as I love every piece of you
So much, so true, so deep
I even love
the wall around your heart

And please,
will you still love me
in all of my colours
even when I show you
my angry part

©RoseGirl2018

My Muse Of True Love

And into the infinite well of creation I tap
Shimmering water of gold in its purest form
between your heart and mine
A boundless flow of love
and light

You are there, at the source
My muse, my king of true love
In your eyes I see
the origin of every word I write
It always starts with you
Since you breathe
rivers of inspiration into me
Giving me the wings to fly high
And the courage to dive deep
into what is true

©RoseGirl2018

We Will Meet

We will meet
in the space without words
In the place, where our hearts connect
In the inevitability of our fate
In the wandering of our thoughts
In the realm of dreams
In the kisses we imagine
In our wishes upon a star
In our eye gazes we remember
In our embraces we still feel
In the prayers we are sending

We will meet
Again and again
Or is it more about staying
And in fact,
are you always here with me

©RoseGirl2018

We Do Not Need To Know

Where does our love come from
Where do we go
And then why, oh why
And how and when?
But perhaps,
we do not need to know

We love as we love
We love now
And now is all we have
And we dance and we sing
and we cry and we laugh
But we love
Yes we love
How we love
We will love
Nothing more
Nothing less
we need to know

©RoseGirl2018

Waiting For You

My dear, come to me
Here in my rose garden
I wait for you
Under the rosebush
The door of my heart is open
To the one that suits the rose

Anytime I will receive you
Velvety and sweet-scented
I invite you here in my rose garden
And offer you the rose of my heart

Find your home here in my arms

©RoseGirl2018

The Echo

My heart cries out for you
Over the mountains, down into the valleys
Over the rivers and the seas
Over the towns and the villages
Over the woods and the fields

Through thunder and lightning
Through the rain, the storm
and through the clouds

And then I listen to the echo
that rolls back over the mountains,
the valleys and overseas
Or do I hear your heart
that is crying out for me?

©RoseGirl2018

What Is Real

There are storylines around us
Fantasies and fairy tales
Knight legends and dragon stories
Foggy dreams and screaming nightmares
We have a you and we have a me
We are the actors, the creators
the narrators, the story keepers
But the only thing that is real
is this love

©RoseGirl2018

A Beautiful Flower

I’ve seen your beautiful flower within
Nothing you can do to hide it
I’ve seen your golden wings
So don’t think
that you are trapped
I’ve seen your inner diamond
How it pulses and radiates
I’ve seen your purest colours
So don’t serve me just your grey
I’ve seen into your depths
So no need to show me your mask
And no need to show me
something other than
the beautiful flower that you truly are

©RoseGirl2018

In Every Corner Of My Heart

I see every hour of the night,
every corner of the dark,
every of my restless thoughts haunting me

Since you are in every corner of my sleepless dreams
in every corner of my heart
in every of my tears

You are in every corner of the page
in every of these words
in every of my prayers

You are in every corner of the night
and you’ll be
in every of the dawns
in every of my new days

©RoseGirl2018

At Least

At least,
the stars are still in the sky tonight
Our names still written in it

At least,
I still have my hands
and pen to write
and sad poems flowing
from within

At least,
we still have our hearts
although they’re aching
and incomplete

At least,
we still have these
shared tears

©RoseGirl2018

Opening

The rose has opened itself
And shows its inner core
Unfolds its process of blossoming
No thorn that can protect no more
The wind strikes its petals
Bees circle around
And even though,
she could break now
Her heart scattered in pieces
She doesn’t close
but let the sun come in
Let its rays caress her
And tenderly they whisper:
Don’t lose hope

©RoseGirl2018

A Curtain Of Teardrops

A curtain of teardrops before my eyes
And I fall into Fall again
The same pain,
the same cycle
So close and yet
so far away

Bonded in sadness
we are
connected in our broken hearts
And now it’s my turn
to wait for the sun
to show its face
again

©RoseGirl2018

Blinded

Sunglasses are sheltering my eyes
and covering my
wounded heart
I don’t want to see
don’t want to be seen
by eyes
other than yours

©RoseGirl2018

Ocean Of Love

I once thought
that there was an ocean between us
A wall that divided common ground
And that I needed to send ships
and airplanes
to reach you on the other side
of where I was

But now I know
there never was an other side
and no other place

And if there is an ocean between us
there is only an ocean of love

©RoseGirl2018

Take Me Home

Lead me to a place
I’ve always known
Into the haven of your heart
Anchor me with your eyes
Secure me in your arms
Warm me with your fire
And take me home

©RoseGirl2018

Rendezvous

I see you with my eyes closed
I feel you with my skin untouched
I dream you when I’m awake
And hear you in unspoken words

I taste you with my lips unkissed
I receive you when I breathe
I dance you in the steps I take
And embrace you with my arms unfilled
I meet you in my heartbeat

©RoseGirl2018

The Art To Love

They were not from here
They came floating
from above the clouds
They went through heaven
and through hell
And then turned
the world into gold
As they danced their ways
sang their words
and radiated
their hearts
crafted their story
drew their melodies
and painted
their songs
As they understood the art
to love

A love,
that was not from here
that went through heaven
and through hell
but that always understood the art
to connect their hearts

©RoseGirl2018

What If

What if paradise
knocks on your door tonight
to deliver the gift
you have always longed for

What if the stars finally align
and let your deepest wish
rain on you

What if the prayer
you have said
again and again
has been heard
and will be answered

What if the angels
shower you
with the love of
your heart’s desire

What if all the hope,
written in your poems,
the subject of your dreams
will materialise
itself outside the words
into the real

What if paradise
knocks on your door tonight
Are you home
and open to receive?

©RoseGirl2018

A Space Of Love

I hold a space
of love for you
A space to fly
to shed your tears
to jump of joy
and to create

A space to fall
and then to rise
again

A space to hide
and turn your back
and shy away

A space to let
your inner child
come out and play
To heal the wounds
and leave
the old behind

A space to dance,
to roar, to laugh,
to shout and be afraid

A space to find me
always
by your side

©RoseGirl2018

The Bee In The Flower

And she kept on dreaming
and seeing
the rainbow in the sky
the king in the kingdom
the fairy in the tale
the bee in the flower
the honey in the milk
the ship in the haven
the magic in the wand
the diamond in the rock
the holy in the grail
Since she dreamed for two
So he could come on board

©RoseGirl2018

Walking Forward

When our paths parted
we walked forward
on our own paths
through woods of darkness
Autumn leaves were falling
Through cold winter days
and aching marshland
Though we kept the sun
in our hearts

And we planted our seeds
watered our strength
with our tears
And from mud
new flowers arose
Green plants grew
along the path
And we walked parallel,
it seemed

And we both went far
away and out of sight
in foreign lands and
to places unknown
But as we walked forward
our paths intertwined

©RoseGirl2018

A New Day Again

Through the window blinds
the morning light comes in
A new day arises
and wipes the dust
from yesterday’s coat

And a new breath gives new air
A new chance
to rise along
with the sun again
As nothing is ever lost
All can be found
within a new day

©RoseGirl2018

Die Sprache Der Liebe

In jeder Sprache
könnte ich singen
über die Liebe
die dir gehört
In jeder Sprache
findet sie die Wörter
and schreibt sie
ihr eigenes Gedicht

Sie sehnt sich
in jeder Sprache
Sie zaubert durch die
Wörter hin
Sie ist die Flamme
und das Licht
Sie ist das Lied
und die, die singt

©RoseGirl2018

La Poésie Du Cœur

Oh paroles françaises,
la poésie du cœur,
emmène-moi à la terre
des rêves
Je vole avec les ailes
de l’amour
Aide-moi trouver
les yeux de mon soleil
Ces deux étoiles
qui font briller
la lumière de mon cœur

©RoseGirl2018

Earthquakes

All these earthquakes
that have shaken
that have taken
away a steady ground
On edge I am
An abyss yawns

But I come to the edge
and dance
Dance all night till dawn
And I let the earth be shaken
Let the heavens trembling
Make the ripples in the waters
As I dance
I chase away the shakes

And even if I fall
I dance
And all the stars
will shoot along
My feet have got the rhythm
And from the edge
I’ll find my higher ground

©RoseGirl2018

Take Your Wings

So take your wings
and we’ll fly away
Far from here
We’ll leave this story,
leave the pain
And seek a shelter
in our dreams

Take your wings, my love
It’s time
Come fly with me
Let’s breathe again
Beyond the words
Out of lines
of a story
too absurd

We’ll make new stories
Let me make up
new dreams
What you want, my love
What you wish
I could even make up
we have wings

©RoseGirl2018

I’ll Bring You Home

My dear, here you are
Come here next to me
It’s been too long
We’ve went so far
Yet in our hearts
we always knew
I never left
You never went
Goodbye only meant:
I’ll see you soon,
I’ll see you here
We’ll meet again
and new

And now
New times have come
And we are near
Closer than
we ever were
So let our dreams
lead us the way
Please take my hand,
my heart, my eyes
my love, my whole and
more and more
It always was
It always has been yours
I’ll bring you home

©RoseGirl2018