Poetic Art From The Heart ~ Finding Beauty In Truth
We are on the battlefield
And we are both fighting with our minds
It presents us its weapons
There is the concept of time that puts pressure on us
There are the doubts of not being able to, of worries about what could happen or what is not
There are the fears that arise and arise
And become big monsters
But the angels are with us
Our connection is divinely protected
And I still hold your hand
In this battle in the name of love
Together we are stronger than ever
©RoseGirl2018
Let’s find peace again within, my dear
I feel your heartbeat racing inside of me
And mine is a running horse too
I am gasping for my breath
Let’s step out of the concept of time
Our love rises above any clock,
The when doesn’t matter
Only trust that it will happen
And that we feel what we need to do
If we listen to the guidance of our soul
Let’s ground ourselves in our love,
ground it in the now
That’s where infinity starts
©RoseGirl2018
Whatever may happen
And how long or short it may take
I promise you to stay strong,
to keep faith
And to continue to help you,
help myself
To let you lead me and lead you
And not let us down
To believe in this love and in us
Always
Do you promise me
the same?
©RoseGirl2018
Once the love birds fly, they fly
And we will find our way,
With the wings of true love
Any problem can be solved
Any ocean can be crossed
Money is not an issue,
there is enough
And life will always provide
for the ones
that dare to follow their hearts
I made space for you here in my house
The little birds will love you
like I do
But I can also follow you to
wherever in the world
I can go and live anywhere
Since I am home
as long as I am with you
©RoseGirl2018
My dear, I have a dream
A big, big dream
Just look together with me
at the screen
And I will show you
See how we are together
How we are giving each other strength
See how we get married
I am your forever wife,
You my forever husband
How we make love, laugh, shed our tears and our joy
How we sleep in each other’s arms
And wake up in the morning
With the sun shining on our face
How we travel, see the world
But always return home
See how we light up
the world around us by our love and how we fulfill our mission
By sharing our living example of true love and compassion on stage
How love is stronger always
and can conquer anything
How we share our stories,
read our poetry, make music
and sing
How we write and create together
Making the world a better place
by our art
How we help others heal and how we inspire
How we dance together
Just look at the screen with me
See how I have this dream
This big, big dream
And how real it can be
©RoseGirl2018
My man, I take my sword of true love
And cut out the fears, doubts and sadness
I cut out the rotten things
in our land of love
I hold your hand
And I am strong with you
I cannot do it all alone
We need each other always
And stand up for what is right
You do your part, I do mine
As we liberate our land
And fight this battle
We strongly push our minds away
And decisions are made
that from now on
we let our hearts rule
No more doubts, no more tears,
No more fears, no more despair,
we are done.
It’s time to dance, to sing, to celebrate
And to have blind trust and faith
Do you see the white church over there,
In the capital of our love land?
Do you hear the church bells ringing?
They are already singing
about the celebration
I’d like to go inside
How I would love to go there
I have my ticket,
I could go in all alone and by myself
But I want you to invite me
personally first
As I need to respect the rules
that say, a man’s woman should always go
through the main entrance
and in the light
and should never need to hide
or sneak around
She wants to be seen by your side
There where she always was
and always will be
She wants the waters to be clear
She wants to be truly welcome
So tell me if that’s what you want
Use your voice, your hand to write
or send me a messenger or come in person anytime
To tell me the news
that your woman is invited
to celebrate
together with you
©RoseGirl2018
Dear God,
I don’t like this anymore
I am done.
Done to be an actor
in this play that I am performing
on the stage of life
It really starts to get too real
Since you are the producer
Why did you choose
such a horror scenario
for me? Why, why oh why?
It really sucks, God!
It just goes from drama to drama
From worse to worser
and I even get tired
by my own tears
Although you might think
I am the best actor for this role
I now really want to quit my job
(B.T.W. But then only quit together with my Romeo).
©RoseGirl2018
They always tell me that there is hope
in each of my poems
Even when it is written
in deep sadness
But this time I will not find a rainbow
on the other end of my tears
I cry and I cry and I cry
already for hours and hours
and I am scared, oh so scared
I can hardly breathe
as I hit the bottom of the bottom
I discovered
That I have an ugly part in me
That doesn’t believe
It doesn’t believe in myself, in you,
in love, in God or in anything.
It believes perhaps only in coincidences
It has lost all trust, all hope, all faith
in life
And it is cynical and doubting
It even hates itself
It thinks it will lose your love
As it doesn’t deserve
It thinks things will never change
and it will cry and cry for the rest of my days
And it will never be able
to change itself or to make changes
in the outside world
And there will be no happy ending
©RoseGirl2018
Here I am on the battlefields
And I am crawling through the mud of despair
I am wounded everywhere,
You would not even recognize
my face if you saw it
As it is covered with
tears of blood and dirt
This journey takes so long now
And I am so, oh so tired
Since I fought so many battles
With myself, my mind, with God
and with ravens
But then I see
your finger pointing
At the open sky
It tells me: look, look
We are almost there
Still have hope
You have the strength
Get up and raise your sword
Defeat your mind
It always is darkest before dawn
©RoseGirl2018
For some time
The rose has been in its bud
Waiting to blossom into
the world outside
Though if you listened carefully
Its songs could already be heard
As a promise, an answer
to the one for whom it is meant
But it needed some rain
and the sun first
And then the day arrives
That it opens itself to the light
And bursts fully into beauty
Each of its petals is a pearl
That my eyes, my ears,
my heart absorb
The rose and the rose
become one
I receive.
I receive you.
And I am proud of you,
touched
and grateful
For this true gift of love
from your heart
©RoseGirl2018
There are things
that are not yet visible
That are now hidden
behind the scenes
Don’t look at the stage
When the real show is
behind the curtains
What you see
isn’t what it seems
Don’t lose him in things
that are not really him
in other people’s words,
in external places
where he not really is
As the true him is in him
Don’t look at the clouds
But at the clear sky behind
Don’t look outside
But find him at home
There where he is in the house
of your heart
©RoseGirl2018
Take my hand, we go on a walk
Show me what you want me to see
Let me hear what you want me to listen to
Point at what is a matter of your heart
As we make a trip into your world
Do I need to see the moving images?
Or imagine the story behind?
Do I need to look at the cover
Or hear the music inside?
Do I need to feel the raindrops
Or the sun shining on my skin?
Do you want me to read the words
Or do you want me to read between the lines?
Do you want me to see the signs
you put for me in the open sky?
Do you want me to see the rose
Or the tree, or maybe both?
Maybe you want me to see it all
Or do you want me to be blind
and to feel only?
I can even come closer
But only if you invite
I will follow your arm, your hand,
your finger
and look where it is pointed at
You can even cover my eyes
I will allow you to lead me
And I will trust
your heart and mine
©RoseGirl2018
There is music in my soul
There are songs in my heart
You in every cell
There is poetry in me
Words of love flow
through my veins
I breathe melodies
And with every move I dance
My whole body,
All what I am
is an expression
Of my love for you
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING OF MY SONG
©RoseGirl2018
My brave knight,
I know, things have been hard
You went to the battlefield
With many strifes along your path
Things could be ugly,
raw and sharp
It wasn’t what you thought
it was
Nothing was the same
no more
You struggled through the mud
Through dark and dirt
You got wounded by thorns
You thought you lost your heart
and lost your mind
But it was the rose,
the flame inside
that pushed you to go
to places out of your comfort zone
Where you never went before
And all the time I was with you
Facing my battles,
my strifes along the path
We are on this journey together
Always working as a team
As we clean
and liberate our land of love
©RoseGirl2018
My dancing man,
We dance this dance of love
together
You take a step, I take one
I move you, you move me
We dance as two bodies
And then
we become fluid
And dance as one
We take it slowly
sometimes
But it can be also wild
A passionate tango,
A quick step
A whirlwind of turmoil
On the dance floor
A folk dance, a free dance
A ballet
A swing, a slow dance
Or the shake
We explored
the black and white,
And the grey
We danced
in complete darkness
And then danced back
into the light
Now we add colours
to our dance
more and more
As we dance our way
in this dance of love
©RoseGirl2018
How do you make
sadness beautiful?
Please learn me the art of
writing sad songs
Can I just drop
my tears into it now
And then they will flow
into a melody on its own?
Or do I need to catch my heartache
and make it substantial
by words and a tune
And then to make it
even more sad
to refrain it
from all hope?
But how do I add the beauty
Do you have the recipe
for that
My tears keep on falling
And they don’t feel
like diamonds
But more like stones
I think to really learn the art
of writing sad songs
I need to learn it in a duet
with you
But then probably
It won’t be sad anymore
but it will be just a happy song
©RoseGirl2018
It’s like there are
threads of electricity
between us
And every move you make
Gives a reaction in me
It triggers my
mirror neurons
Stirs up my
chemicals,
It touches my
emotions
As both our bodies
and our soul
long for harmony
And for
a restored
and healed
Equilibrium
©RoseGirl2018
Hey babe, you dance
Like I’ve never seen you
dancing before
Like you feel more
free now
Take me,
Pull me all over the dance floor
that we make
ourselves here
under the sun and under the trees
And we dance
and we sing
We have our own music
We dance
until the night falls
We make
the starry sky ours
Until our feet
can’t carry us
no more
And we fall asleep
You
in my arms
And we dance
further
in our dancing dreams
©RoseGirl2018
Several people told me
‘You look radiant
Your eyes are shining’
But my love, is it you
As I have you in my heart
The love that shines from my eyes
like sun rays,
lights up the world around me
It makes me alive
like I never was before
My face has softened
It shows more and more
the innocence of a child
Through you, this pure love
that fuels me
©RoseGirl2018
Gorgeous man from overseas, of
Radiating beauty is your heart
Each part of you is loved and
Gently touched with these words
Offered is you my
Rose while
Your name is sung in this poem
©RoseGirl2018
When the days
get darker and colder
And Christmas decorations
start to appear
I wonder,
Why do people beat and shout
And then sit in the church
And praise God?
Why did they tell me
It is not allowed
to tell lies
And then they made me believe
in Santa Claus?
And if Santa Claus doesn’t exist
– A man I loved sincerely,
I felt deeply betrayed
when they admitted
they had fooled me-
Does then God exist
Or did they make him up
And do I love a fantasy?
Is Christmas going to be
heavy and lonely again
With painful, decorated illusions
Without you here
Or do I fear a past
that isn’t the future?
Why did they tell me
what I saw and felt
as a sensitive child
was not true
And instead they wanted me
to believe their own lies
about a happy family
Lies, they wanted to believe themselves?
And if my reality has been denied
Are my dreams then real
If my existence has been ignored
Do I then exist?
Why did he say
after he beat me
I had imagined it
And when I thought differently
It was my own fault?
What is a lie
And what is the truth
What is honesty
Is the truth literally
Or is it a story
with a hidden meaning
underneath?
Can I trust true love
And what I feel inside
Despite Christmas lost its magic
And in the past
they told me too many lies?
Or is it that
Christmas lost its magic
But in fact,
my heart never did?
©RoseGirl2018
Every time when the hurt
gets too bad
Or when happiness comes
too close
You want to run for the hills
You want to jump in your car
and drive away
Far and even farther
Where no one can find you
Where you can hide
in dreams that got too real,
behind mountains
you built yourself
And you drive even faster
Like you chase yourself
And you want escape
your own heart
that starts to beat even faster
And you know
it will catch you in the end
©RoseGirl2018
My dear storyteller,
As you catch your world
in stories
Can you catch me too
in it, in a blissful storyline
with you?
My dear storyteller,
With your suitcase
full of stories
Can you please tell
How it all went
further between you and me?
How our storylines met
and blent
with each other
And how we then
lived happily ever after?
©RoseGirl2018
Dear mind,
You did your job.
For many, many years you offered
me a shelter, a safe place to stay
When the waters of emotions
were too stormy
And the underground volcanos
were spitting too much pain
When the wild horses around me
seemed to be out of control
You were the one who took
the reins
But since true love found
its way in me
and wants to flow freely
from my soul into my heart
I realize, how you trouble its waters
How you put rocks
in the river
How you block
my soul song to be fully
sung in my heart
How you make scenarios,
bad stories and tell me lies
How you make love cynical
How you build a wall inside
All the headaches I suffered
when I started to live
and believe in you
My head almost exploding
A build-up of pressure
An overload of energy
I know, you did it for the best
you wanted to prevent me
from being disappointed,
being hurt
But my heart can stand
on its own now
It can rule its own waters
As it carries the truth within
Only in love I want to believe
So from today I will stand up
for my heart
As with a dandelion,
I will blow all the seeds
of doubts away
And if needed,
I will even be willing to firmly
push you aside
When you come in between
me and love
and you want to build your dams and dikes
again
For I want to love him
purely and nakedly
He, my true soul love
And then there is no room for fears
There isn’t any threat
I don’t need to be protected
As I will be love itself
And the pure water of true love
is everything that will be left
And the only truth to navigate on
Not yours anymore,
Rose Girl
©RoseGirl2018
I think I am done now
I wrote you
everything you need to know
In hundreds of poems
I sang you
about all the shades of our love
Yes, I think
I’ve run out of words now
and I have nothing more to say
Oh wait.
Maybe.
One last thing.
Did I already
tell you
that I love you?
I think
I could write
One more poem about
that.
Or two
Or……
©RoseGirl2018
When the sun parts the day
When consciousness parts subconsciousness
And the night falls
I hear the cawing of the ravens
And my fears arise
Sleeping is like dying
And every night I die again
I lose me,
lose you
Death that separates
And in the morning
I need to retrieve me,
retrieve you again
Can you please come
to me in my dreams
Kiss me in my sleep
And wake me up
Tell me I can never lose
your love
Like you can never lose me
In heart we never leave
each other
In soul we never part
©RoseGirl2018
Several times the castle of your heart
has been roughly invaded
By the ones who you thought you
could trust
and who would never betray you
You could not believe, you cursed
your own good, pure heart
They took your treasures and turned
the place upside down
And all what was left was hurt,
sad songs, broken dreams
and melancholy
And then you called in the soldiers
and an army of ravens
to keep guard
at the entrance of the castle of your heart
to not let anyone come close
not let anyone come in
no more
But one day your own queen
came home
The One you have been waiting for
all your life
And when she knocked on the door
of your castle
The soldiers and the ravens did their work
They fought and battled with weapons of harsh words,
coldness and distance
They did all they could
But where all the others would
already have left and ran for the hills
She stood her ground there
and continued to sing you
her love songs
And through the window of your heart
the wind carried them inside
And it made you even long more for her
You wanted to jump on your horse,
open the door,
wanted to ride out
But there were the soldiers
and ravens outside
They needed to protect you
But in fact, they have locked you
inside the castle of your heart
And sometimes you even forget
that they only obey you
And that you are the one
who is in charge
©RoseGirl2018
Can I lend your eyes
and can I see myself
like you do
Can I look
through your lens of love
The child I was
The small girl that suffered
All alone
And that was told
She was bad
and did not have
a right to exist
How she seeked
a place to stay
in her dreams
The young woman
that was lost
Did not know what to do
Did not even want to live
As she thought
Life did not want her
How she married a man
that beat the hell out of her
Can I lend your eyes
and see the light
you’ve always seen in me
By your eyes I heal
and be the woman I am today
and always have been
Can your eyes cry
my forgotten tears
You can lend my eyes
and see yourself
like I do
You can look
through my lens of love
The small boy you were
The young man you grew
How you were lost
and lonely in a world
that did not seem
to understand you
Who could you trust
after your heart was broken
How you seeked
a safe place
in your dreams
My eyes cry
your forgotten tears
Will you believe in yourself
like I do
Will you love yourself
and see your own beauty
How I always see your light
shining and how I love
every single part of you
I will allow your eyes
Will you allow mine
to see
to mourn
to love
and to believe
©RoseGirl2018
And I think,
This all is too good
I am not good enough
Maybe
I don’t deserve
the clear, blue skies
And the sun shining
on my face
I don’t deserve
Days full of happiness
The tender hands of love
Him always by my side
The cherry on top
And you think,
This all is too good
I am not good enough
Maybe
I don’t deserve
to fly
in clear, open skies
and to dance
with her
until the end of days
I don’t deserve the rose
The tender hands of love
Her head on my chest
To rest in her arms
The cherry on top
But maybe,
It all just feels good
Things are good, we are good
And good is good enough
©RoseGirl2018
Can you call me
by my name
Can you give me
a face
In what you do
Not only
in what you dream
Can you open
the curtains
And then you know,
I wait there
How I was there
All the time
Like the moon
at day
Ready to be seen
To be received
in spotlights
©RoseGirl2018
You dip with your toe in the water
You want to dive
But there are the sharks of doubts
Appearing from the dark pool
of your mind
What if, they say
You can’t, you won’t be able to
What if the bottom will be hit
And you can’t swim
back to the surface
What if the waters of love
are a mirage
And when you look into its mirror
you will only see you
in the end
What if, they say
No, you can’t
No, you won’t
But the sharks
are not the only ones
that are in the water
Do you see the dolphins
over there?
How they play in the waves
together, like children
Swimming freely,
moving up and down
Yes you can, they say
It’s okay, you can trust
All is fine, all is safe
Just dive and come play
with us
And look, next to you
You are not alone
Here is my hand
I dip with my toe in the water
I smile at you, we look
at the dolphins
I count to three
And then we dive
©RoseGirl2018
I thought I had found a home
in the town of fado by the river
And could at least feel at home
again in the flat lands
But here and abroad
All the magical places lost
their splendour and colours
Since you are not with me
to paint them no more
My home, your home, is not
in external, geographic places
It is in the radiating love
within our hearts
It is in the warmth we feel
when we are in each other’s arms
It is when our eyes lock
And magnetize us together
As though we were one
It is there
It is that what we find
when we return home
©RoseGirl2018
In caps lock
everything looks
bigger
And stronger
felt
I LOVE YOU
©RoseGirl2018
I undressed myself today
From a piece of clothing
That was too tight
And had become too soiled
That I only wore
and showed
as a facade to the world
A piece of glitter and glamour
that had a dimed shine
I didn’t like
to wear it
but feared my nakedness
And didn’t know
what to wear instead
I thought that
that piece of clothing
was me
But in fact,
I was me underneath
And now
I am even more
a piece of art
©RoseGirl2018
You do what you do
But do you like it
Are you happy now
Are you at ease
There are these noises
You don’t want to listen
You try to be deaf
to the sounds in your ears
Is your heart crying
Do you try to shut down
the voice of your inner guide
That tells you what is true
And which road to choose
Listen to the love in your heart
It already doesn’t whisper
no more
It is shouting and screaming
You can try to cover your ears
but you cannot be heart deaf
©RoseGirl2018
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
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
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
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
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