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












vrijdag 24 juni 2011

Midsummers awakening.

Covered by drops 
of silent morning dew
my dusky consciousness rose 
simultanuously with the slowly 
appearing 
daylight 
A few ribbons of haze
wrap themselves loosely
around the mountain top
where usually clouds and clouds 
and clouds are gathered
veiling the powerful presence
of Rock

I conclude
it is a special morning

The moon´s left side skin
catches rays of sun
earlier then I do
kindly reflects them
into my half sleeping eye


The little busy birds that 
dwell in the garden
started their fuzzy monologues
while the last glimpse of dream
slips from the scenery
an attempt to catch it
results in a secondlong chase
in vain
the only thing captured
is the cloud of dust it left behind
on the horizon 
of the new day´s landscape

The lights on the passing ferry boat 
are still on
but undeniably the night 
kissed me goodbye and with me 
all the magnificent constellations
of atoms surrounding me 
on this old volcanic piece of land 
rising up from the savage ocean

Rags of dusty memories 
of last nights´ celebrations intertwined
This little red roof bathing in darkness
sacred pipes of ancient herb combinations
wild verses of legendary poetry
candle flames igniting our skins
into a cosmic unity 
with the dance of our free souls
Excited like children
about the messages we believe
Nature reveiled to us
old mystical secrets and 
the simplicity
of the laws of existence
The innocence of honey and
children of the Earth


Our naked young bodies streaming
with vital energy
familiar with the luckiest sensations
of burning closeness
to divine women
and fading division between
ourselves and the rocks we rested on
entangled with life´s tantalizing current
unpredictability as our flag
synchronicity as an arrow 
and reminder
that our tracks are stretched out
under our bare feet
leading to nowhere in particular
leading to every single place within
the vast infinity
of the present instant
all its layers
and everything in between


I rest my body on the soft floor
happy as i am
nothing left
to long for













donderdag 16 juni 2011

#15M.


spanje in mei
toevallig kwam ik voorbij
zoveel mensen op de pleinen
samenkomend
dromend
moedig, met grote en kleine bewegingen
een nieuwe wereld
scheppend
een energie van geweldloosheid en verandering in de lucht
bracht een diepe glimlach in mn hart 
en tranen in mn ogen
ik besloot even te blijven rondhangen
wat beelden op te vangen
van de mensen 
die wakker werden
en de rest wilden wakker maken







zondag 12 juni 2011

Weg gevaagd.


Lieve wind neem met je mee
wat me niet meer dient
lieve zee spoel de hoogmoed
van mn zijn
lieve regen kom en was me blank
reinig mn ziel
ledig mn geest
want wit als het schuim op de golven
wil ik zijn
leeg als het vissersbootje in de baai
zuiver als een pas geboren wezen, open
en zonder oordeel,
laat de vooringenomenheid
verdwijnen
laat je licht door me schijnen
maagdelijk woud in jou wil ik wonen
regenboog strijder met jou zal ik
dromen
licht als een
vlinder zacht als fluweel
puurheid als mijn enige juweel
nu ga ik rusten mijn lichaam is moe
ik wil me bevrijden 
vertel me hoe vertel me hoe 






donderdag 2 juni 2011

Gratitude.

Life draws 
magical contours
Let your creative energy
dance the colours
inside and outside
those shapes


It's only a dream
But an important one
It carries all the messages for us


The heat of the sun
wakes you in the morning
with the fresh light
and rocks you asleep
at night,
curling in your body 
in the form of a sweet memory
and a promise 
for the coming dawn


Oh all of Universe
Grateful I am
To rest my head 
on your chest
To treasure myself 
inside your woomb
To bathe in your waves
and sleep in your caves


      *

Pleasantly the breeze
shuffles over the sea
gently touches
the branches of the palmtree
softly mingles
with the energy
that circles
between you and me
between the flower and the bee
 
Goodmorning 
Beauty of Life
beloved queen of sunset
your kisses of morning dew
make everything new
I rise by your side
and cease your light
You fill me up
with Love and Truth
I hear the trumpet
I hear the flute
Early wisdom
sweet caress
herbs and flowers
tenderness


Some day your Love 
comes to me in the form
of a woman
dancing your rythm
Another day it is reveiled in a warm rock
as my bed
Under the night sky
I rest my head
Grateful I am
for the Love that U spread

Wherever I go 

I see your face
In millions of expressions
everyday

The blue medicinal water
of the sea
the fluffy clouds that
come and flee
I fly I cry
I fall on my knees
I sing with the birds
and climb up the trees


You are the Love of my life
the essence of All
I give little praises
and dedicate my actions
to you
You see me through
You see me through

Delightfully
I let me
be carried 
by your light
Vulnerable and free







-- 1 juni, Salobreña