A poem based on "Lightness of being."

Painting: Vilhelm Hammersshoi

A lover weighing his words

Every one

of those smiling atoms

that are you,

I love.

All those cuddly molecules

that clamber over each other

and puppy-growl comically

at each other,

I admire.

Those cascades

that shimmer through

your nerves

to produce your

hidden smile,

I dote on.

What you are

I cannot weigh,

I have no way

to grasp you fully.

Where you are is light

in which I track myself,

bouncing softly off

the bubbles

of your thoughts.

De Waal Venter

South-African poet

Swan Heart

All those beautiful people
I want to have them
I want to have them all
All those porcelain models
If only I could make them fall

Be my heart a well of love
Flowing free so far above

A wintry eve
Once upon a tale
An Ugly Duckling
Lost in a verse
Of a sparrows carol
Dreaming the stars

Be my heart a well of love
Flowing free so far above

In my world
Love is for poets
Never the famous balcony scene
Just a dying faith
On the heaven's gate

Crystal pond awaits the lorn
Tonight another morn for the lonely one is born

Lyrics of the beautiful song "Swanheart" by Nightwish

Dante's Prayer

On the eve of Valentine's Day  . . . .. 

14 February 2011

When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone

I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and the fire

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars

Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me... 

Sailing

Dedicated to Roland

"I can close my eyes and picture myself on the deck of a sailboat, with no noise except that of the wind on the sails, the splash of the waves and the smell of the sea air. That is almost Heaven for me."

Roland Pozo

It's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It's not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


Sailing
Takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free


Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me


It's not far back to sanity
At least it's not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Christopher Cross

Haiku my heart: Deseo Intenso

 this vague desire

 this wistful nostalgia

 to gently, silently touch my dreams

Riette 

3 February 2011

"The Measure of a Great Man is the Distance Between Himself and Others." Eli Segal

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