Tag: Poetry

The Fear Of The Raven

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 Starts To Sing

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

from the rooftops

to love is enough

i walk the path to your heart

©RoseGirl2018

A Safe Place

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

Set Your Heart Free

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

Precious Rose

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

The Path To Your Heart

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

Dawning colours

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

From The Rooftops

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

The Most Beautiful Poem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Storm Come

Storm come to clear my path
Blow as strongly as you can
Move as fiercely as you breathe
To clear away the ties
and pull away the weights
that hold me back to fly

©RoseGirl2018

Wild Horses

I ride my wild horses
through the dark woods
Where thorns and needles
split open old wounds

And rain falls hard upon me
Shadows all around me
And I loose my hands
As there isn’t a use
in pulling the reins

Oh wild horses
Where are you going
Is it the untamed fire
that inflames you
even more?

Now the raging fears
have free rein
I seek for my heart
to guide me
on this wild ride
out of the maze

©RoseGirl2018

Completion

My eyes long to be locked
with yours
My hand longs to be held
by its equivalent
My fire longs to be stirred up
by the flame in your heart
My breath longs to be
moved by your air
My arms long to be filled up
with all that you are
My water longs to flow
through your river
My body longs to merge
with your sacred temple

Every piece of me
longs to be completed
by pieces of you

©RoseGirl2018

Shared Words

I find you
in my words
Where our worlds meet
My words dance
sacredly with yours

My writing hand
draws you closer in
and then yours
takes me
by the hand
leads me
through metaphors
of shared dreams

One step further
One word closer
Ink melts
One poem

Until we both unclothe
us from our words
to dive into
their deepest meaning

©RoseGirl2018

Parachute

I’m losing ground
and I’m falling
Keep on falling
Where are my angel wings
My fairy powders
Why is everything
so real
And my dreams
don’t take me in?

Where are my stories
with happy endings
Where are my poems
that let me fly

And I am falling
Keep on falling
Can you catch me, love
Make me a parachute
As my tears
do not have a hold
And my fears
seem to pull me down

Let me land safely
into new worlds
Where the rivers are flowing,
always flowing
And where no frontiers
can divide
Where fields are wide
and open
And a rose reminds me
of what is locked
deep down inside

©RoseGirl2018

Naked

Here I stand unclothed in front of you
All veils around my heart have been lifted
I cannot hide behind my words no more
Vulnerable I am, the way I was born

My only weapon is my nakedness
If you fire words of harshness
I will undress even more
to reveal a deeper layer of my heart
and how it beats of purest love

What do you see when you look into my mirror?
Is it your own nakedness that scares you?

Walls can be broken
Masks can be scattered
Though pure nakedness is unbreakable

In naked beauty lies my strength and truth

©RoseGirl2018

The Imperfect Rose

I saw a rose that had scars
of rough weather
of thunderstorms,
rain and cold
She had lost
some of her petals
And although
she had her shadows
and wore her thorns
She was the most
delicate flower
rooted in heaven
As she had found
her radiating beauty
within her
perfect imperfection

©RoseGirl2018

Swords

Sharp words have torn apart my heart
Dark shadows have fallen upon us
The night came showing us no mercy

Though the swords that cut my heart
Mirror me the beauty
Of a heart that is wounded
As it loves so deeply

Please don’t let the night divide us
At least let us meet again by day

©RoseGirl2018

The Small White Church

July opens the door to summer
A strong wind moves the trees
In a park I walk on green grass
with daisies and clovers
While white butterflies dance
around me

And in the middle
a small white church stands
in sacred devotion
Inside the angels sing
about the force of purest love

The wind bends the grass
Birds surf the air
My hair and dress
wave like a flag
On a Summer day in a park
As I enter the white church
and let the sound of angels
surround me

©RoseGirl2018

The Recalcitrant Poem

I want to rhyme in schemes
But my poem doesn’t let me to
I want to find the harmony within the A,B,A,B
But my poem wants the A,F,B,G

I want to find perfect words
But my poem likes pure expression,
raw words, flowing like a rough river
directly from the heart
I want a garden with borders
but my poem likes the wild flowers
and the uncut grass

I want to write an
intellectual
metrical
composition in
symmetrical
verses
But my poem does
whatever it wants

And now, at least,
I want to end it all in style
But my poem says:
Just do whatever you like

©RoseGirl2018

Connecting Moon

Summer moon, please tell me
what do you see there from above?
Do you see two hearts lighting,
two earthly stars that shine as one?
Do you see them looking up to you
As though they seek their other half?
Summer moon, connect those hearts
Catch the light of one of them
and send it to the other one

©RoseGirl2018

Alive

My fairy man
Plants grow on your chest
Hope sprouts from your heart
New leaves surround you
Nature breathes through you
You’re alive, so much alive
and you’re strong

Oh fairy man
Truer are your eyes
Greener is your heart
Brighter is your light
Now the sun is at
its highest in the sky
You’re wise, oh so wise
and you’re brave

Dear fairy man
Standing on your own
Showing all your colours
Can you hear
the drumming heartbeat,
leading you back home
You’re pure, oh so pure
and you’re the love

My fairy man
Shaman of the woods
Flourishing in truth
Let the fire guide you
to harvest summer’s fruits

©RoseGirl2018

Your Eyes

I search for your eyes
in warm days of
late Spring

In brief encounters
In crowded places
In the quietness
of parks

I long for them
in short,
moonless nights
In dreams
without sleep

In the mirrors of
store windows
I try to catch
their gaze

Since my eyes feel empty
Now I don’t see
their reflection
in yours

©RoseGirl2018

Blessings

Heart petals shower upon her
Blessings fall down
Heaven’s gifts wash over her
Angels kiss her cheeks
and carry her sorrows away

She dances in the rain
Sings in the thunderstorm
A rose in her hair
Wild flowers at her feet
Her dress waves happily
around her

She goes with her rose
with style and with grace
Like she goes with her heart
Her eyes always focused
on the brightest star

©RoseGirl2018

A Worriless Balloon

Cloud will you rain on me
You’re way too heavy weighted
Your darkness hides my sun
Your depression
makes it hard to breathe

Cloud will you rain on me
Release my heavy heart
I held its waters for too long
A growing ball inside my chest
And now it’s hanging at my feet

Wind will you blow in me
And inflate my hanging heart
Let it go up again
Like a worriless balloon

©RoseGirl2018

Present

Each word is a teardrop
I shed for you
Rivers of aching liquid
that flow from my eyes
into my pen and clot
on the paper

The page is a blank pool
that has absorbed
a still life of pain

Each teardrop
is a witness of
how you are present
in absence
Of how the love
flows out of my eyes

©RoseGirl2018

Such A Day

It is a day
on which a warm breeze strokes
my arms and face
The air is expectant,
zooming and dancing

The roses opened their hearts
to expose themselves
to my gaze
And I show myself
to your eyes once more

If only the roses could talk
Their words would sing of their beauty
Like my heart sings of mine and yours

©RoseGirl2018

Toast To Life

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon

The queen is at her castle
and overlooks the city
that spreads majestically
down by the river,
into the valley
and over the seven hills

Life is good to those
who toast to life

©RoseGirl2018

Our Fado Song

Here in the narrow, steep streets of Lisbon
We step into a fado song
And drown in the lake of longing
Our story woven
into the history of this town

A you and a me
A love that reaches overseas
Sailing the stormy waves of destiny
Wine and fish, music, poetry and tears
Melancholy blends with hope
O meu amor do silêncio
Your melodies are echoing
forever in my heart

©RoseGirl2018

Sandcastle

Here on the sand plain
My feet sink deep into the earth
My hands build our castle
Sand slips through my fingers
While the wind blows its own
creatures
And heart clouds float happily
above me in the sky
Believe, all the magic is real
and reality
is just a bad dream

©RoseGirl2018

The Day You Were Born

The day you were born
heaven came to earth
Flowers bloomed,
birds serenaded,
the sun shined
All celebrated
your unique expression of life
Angels blew their horn
and spread the word that
you had arrived
You, free spirit
that came flying from above,
held within the seeds
of so many songs yet to be sung
You were born to be love
and be loved
by me

©RoseGirl2018

Equilibrium

We both keep still
and watch each other
Like two cats
that both have
their own territory
Carefully
holding the space
between us
Thick tensed air
Soundless words
fly back and forth
Tumultuous peace
captured in the status quo
We have our own
universe
In this equilibrium
of silence

©RoseGirl2018

Lonely Road

A lonely road ahead
While the midday sun burns mercilessly
and uncovers shadows to accompany me
My army of angels where are you
Did you dissolve in light?
Help me to see
where I am going
Or is it blind trust
that keeps my vision clear?

©RoseGirl2018

Interchangeable

You can lend my voice
to say the words
you are unable to say

The flowers in your heart wait
to burst into sounds

Let me speak your unspoken,
write your unwritten

Just dance within my poem
Hum along with my song

Since my words are yours
as much as
your silence is mine

©RoseGirl2018

Picture You

Your picture in black and white
You left the colors out
Or did they simply leave you?

Your eyes so sad
and directionless
Like they can’t see
the shore no more
Drowned in gone days

Let me paint
And colorize you
Draw your lips into a smile
Pencil you
here with me into today

©RoseGirl2018