My only wish was to be an ecstatic wanderer. Rather than chairs and tables, I preferred the ground, trees, and caves, for in those places I felt I could lean against the cheek of God - Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Women who run with the wolves)

maandag 29 augustus 2011

This garden.



While I settled all my cells here for a while
between the roots and fruits of this garden
it intertwined with my vains
its branches in my lungs

I am a passenger
yet this is my home
for it is all I know now
all I am, a whisper of god
touching this rocky soil
with simple moves of fertility
the breath of creation

As we inspire eachother
the young seedlings and me
shiver and move
along with the seabreeze
they are my witness and I am theirs
our solitudes collide
as we flutter
between the cactus and the guava tree

I have forgotten everything
only the candle that brings 
light to this paper
and the waves of an ocean
far and near at the same time
linger on

Solitude is my warm companion
but all my loved ones I have visited
from this little bamboo hut
the warm loving belly
where I rest my body 
and enter the twilight
where distance dissolves
and the journey evolves

The only window
is the wide open door
it cannot be closed
for there there is no need to

This garden feeds me
mangoes and tranquility
The running time is a far memory
space a different story

On an island away from home
many things become distant
yet the most important ones
are distilled into an inexplicable closeness
fire is blown into the Loving heart
spirit injected into connections

I seek to find, but cannot grasp
which seeds this garden plants in my wandering soul
The universe tells me, be here
Stay open, receive and bear
like the warm soil does
let it happen
don't ask why
greet every morning
the golden sky

When the fresh vegetables 
will have ripened
and feed the warriors 
that will be around
I will harvest the fruits of this encounter
wherever I shall be drifting
they will grow within
without a sound

woensdag 17 augustus 2011

A wave.

A wave, bigger than all we know
comes soon washin
all we know

i say to my friend
hold my hand
for we do not know
this might be the end
the end of what we know

the wave
will show
the beginning
i blow
spirit into the unknown
i put my trust in it
and throw
surrendering
i sacrifice the shallow

floatin on the wave
my soul shall glow
free us from the heaviness
and let us grow
letting go
of all we know
for now i know
it wasnt so.



zondag 14 augustus 2011

Herinner me.



Herinner me
aan de heiligheid 
van het pasgeboren Daglicht
bij het ochtendgloren

Herinner me
aan de ruwe kwetsbaarheid
van de sfeer op de bergtop
hoe de Wind er zacht
tussen de grassen glijdt
de rotsen koestert
en de huid kust
van de enkeling die zich er begeeft,
om dat wat groter is dan hem
te ontmoeten


Herinner me 
aan het geduld
waarmee de Boom de vruchten 
voortbracht
waarmee ik mn lichaam voedt
en mn ziel verzacht


Herinner me 
aan de stilte
die altijd wacht 
op de achtergrond
van de dingen die we doen
en de dingen die we zeggen
de dingen die we geloven 
en de dingen die we beloven


Herinner me
aan de mistige wouden
die weinigen betreden zouden
aan zandvlaktes
en uitgestrekte meren
aan de eerste sneeuw
en de schreeuw van de meeuw


Herinner me 
te spelen en te delen
en liefdevol mezelf te helen
bij elke stap die ik neem, fluister me
de klanken toe
van het wondere lied
dat alles verbindt maar niemand ziet