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

Somewhere over the rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can't I? i iiii

Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I...I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I hiii ?

One safe place

The beautiful song by Marc Cohn

From the movie "Brokeback mountain"

How many roads you’ve traveled
How many dreams you’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place


Will you make a smoother landing
When you break your fall from grace
Into the arms of understanding
Looking for one safe place

Oh, life is trial by fire
And love’s the sweetest taste
And I pray it lifts us higher
To one safe place

How many roads we’ve traveled
How many dreams we’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place

Liquorish

the night

stretches

like liquorish

sweet and dark

with its overwhelming

smell

not quite nice

my head fills

overflows

with contradictions

and good intentions

that spill

on the floor

spreading

before the thought

of you

Peter Hollard

Hijacked

 

 

Table Mountain glows on the edge of sight
As turquoise sea reflects cool afternoon light.
Dogs fetch balls for kids who play
And a windsurfer drifts in at dying day.
Picnic baskets open, drinks spill down
Peace and contentment in this seaside town.

A drive back home for supper that waits
Wife and kids hop out to open the gate.

Whites of eyes and spittle flies
Waved knife and pointed gun
Pistol-whipped, beaten for the fun
A shot rings out, a life is snuffed
In a beautiful country that fuels my disgust

 

Peter Hollard

Only the rope . . . .

alleen het touw
heeft nog weet van de dromen
van het bootje

Photo and poem by Saskia De Boer

Saskia de Boer