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Richness

Of

Being

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twist

 

Collection II

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are places

           where the mind can not follow,

so it says:  “therefore!

                               they do not exist.”

 

 

The heart has been there,

            it knows its way around,

                  it touches, hears, sees….

 

                      … and it dances.

 

 

 

 

 

It sends postcards…

 

 

 

 

      Midnight cities filled me

             with longings

I didn't quite know what it was

 

traveling from city to city

               filled me with wonder,

 

      something was missing.

Listening to music

             made me want to hear it

the smell of night

         made me want to breathe it

dancing made me

                 want to feel it

                                on my skin

          everywhere I went

 

I didn't quite know what it was.

 

 

 

                        Your soul is in there

                           I know it

                                          I feel it

                      and it is dying to get out

 

 

                    but you are giving it away

                         you don’t even see it

                            I want to know

                                      Why?

 

 

Sunrise

 

 

And from these ashes,

     that used to be my life

I watch myself come back together,

     molecule by molecule.

 

And as I rise

     a different bird, entirely

                this time

     so much larger then life

 

I go to my knees

     and sob in gratitude:

I lived in darkness,

    but I burned that empty land

where I gave nothing

     and got back the same

 

And as I burned along with it,

         Oh, Lord, it hurt,

  but I did not stop it

       though I did not know

that life would go on,

        I thought that was it,

death is better

    then this, I thought.

 

 

 

And from these ashes,

     that used to be my life

I watch myself come back together,

     molecule by molecule.

 

And as I rise

     a different bird, entirely

                 this time

     so much larger then life

 

I go to my knees

     and cry in gratitude:

beautiful garden

            comes into view

rich and fertile land

        underneath my feet.

I give myself to life

                    all of me,

    and get it all back

           all of it,

only so much better,

        and so much more.

   

 

 

Am I with you for love? or

      Am I with you for your money?

If you lost everything

        would I still be there in the morning?

 

To dance with you all night and laugh,

         I’ll pay, do keep your money

And with your smile, honey

                  if you did not love me,

                I’d still be there in the morning

 

If you lost                          your dance, baby

      If you lost your smile,

              and your music was gone,

I just might,      not be there in the morning

                I just might be gone

 
 

 
 
You will come,
 
    though you make take
          your sweet time,
 
I’ll just let you think
      that you are the boss,
but really,
      there is no rush.
 
I still have
   lots of things to do
Yes, you’d say,
   ‘whatever, babe’,
       but what do you know
about the mistakes
            I have made?
 
For which some more,
   I still must pay,
     before they completely
            go away.
               But that’s ok.
 
I had to make them
     to be who I am
           becoming right now.
You’d really like me now,
     but that’s ok.
 
Take your sweet time.
 

 

 

 

You!       Make your music,

      and you set it free,

 

and it’s here,

                  watching me,

         you

                       in my room

 

and where does

                  that leave me?

 

on its own

            my body moves

                    to your beat,

     as if I

            do not control it,

this electricity

           flowing through me

 

first there was silence,

          and then your music

surrounded me

               and took me over

 

out of nothing

            you caused it

                       into being,

 

and it’s here

              playing me.

 

Look!  what you do to me!

You!  here

           in my room with me.

 


 

 

Kiss me, baby,

               yes, it feels so good

when you touch my lips

                             like that

      looking at me

                      that way

 

Hurt me, baby,

                yes, it feels so good

when you tell me

                       all about her

how stupid you were

        last night

                 without me there

    making it hurt

                      this way

 

You're not sure;

                  you don't love her

you like me better,

             but you were with her.

Do make the knife go deeper

 

You know, I can do this better!

  Go out and

           pretend to try

               to drown this pain,

       and if you call again,

I can tell you all about it,

           what I did, and how it

    didn't help.

 

So kiss me, baby,

     you hurt me like no other

                  yes, it feels so good.

 


 

 

                        Alive

 

 

 Come with me.

                              This is a ride.

                                                            Welcome!

                                Into my life.

 

 

     Enjoy the view,

                                          while we are up high,

         and when we’re laughing,

                                              let’s really laugh

        and if pain wants to come,

                                               then let us cry.

 

 

So, come!

                        Let’s step on it.

                                                        Let’s feel the wind.

              Now.  Feel the rush!

                                      This is my life.

 

You can drive for a bit, or

                       if you choose to leave,

                                                 I can wave good-bye.

   

Just,    

         hold on for a second…

                                I’m not slowing down

                                      as we take this coming twist.

 

We could die,

                                                           but we might Live.

 

 

 

 

 

                        Don’t worry about it!

     What if this is

                                                    the last time

                                                                   you see me,

   what if I do

                                              break your heart

                                                                   to tiny little pieces

what if it does

                                take you

                                           the rest of your life

                                                       to forget about me…

 

                Do you still want to be here?

                                   In this moment; with me?

 

              While you worry about tomorrow,

   put walls around your heart

                                              to shield it from some pain,

 

the only thing you will regret,

                                    is all the laughter

                                                              and every tear

                           that were yours,

but you turned them away,

                                     denied them

                                                              and did not share.

 

                           In this moment

                                       as it slips away.

 

 

 

 

Oh, you want me.

    You have got to have me.

           You will do anything

                    to make me yours.

 

I'm exciting,

                 I'm crazy,

                                  I'm new.

I make dead

                      come back alive.

Make your head spin,

                     you are panting,

You want to hold me,

           have me,

                      touch me,

                              breathe me.

 

Always, just a bit out of reach,

               just enough

just a little bit,

             and you will have me

and when you do…

 

Then will you stop and

                            think about,

What is it?

                        Is it even me?

         That you really,

                 really want?

 


 

 

I've got energy in me,

   enough to spread around.

I smell the night,

              I've got to go out...

 

 

 

 

You really should call me, baby,

   while you're the one

who's on my mind.

 

You really should call me, honey,

     cause, while you are the

                 one who's on my mind

  all you've gotta do is call,

                          and I would come.

 

No matter who I

                   am talking to,

         no matter who

                         I am dancing with,

 

I've gotta go,

                      I would say,

              I've gotta go,

                                 see my boy.

 

          I would say, and go,

     while you are still my boy.


 

 

 

 

You know,

                  I am in love with you.

 

but long before you came

      I've been having

                a love affair

                            with freedom too.

 

and if you made me choose,

     made me promise to make you

                      the only one,

I would say it,

             if that's what it would take

to make you love me back,

 

and my heart, would break for you,

                  can I love you both?

can I have it all?

                                  I want you,

 

but if I had to make a choice,

                     I would have a good cry,

                    as I would

          let you go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ehhmm,     Excuse me!   but

                    may I step down from this

     pedestal you built for me?

     I don't want to do this anymore.

 

First you make me perfect:

       for you -

                      the perfect queen,

              for you -

                              the perfect daughter,

          the perfect whore for you,

and for you -

                           a perfect little engineer.

Make you look good,

                        feel good,

                               now you are complete.

And then you find a flaw.

Just a little crack.

                   Must fix this.

                                    Just a little here,

          just a bit more over here.

Whatever you want

                                your perfection to be.

 

So, I will get going now,

           so that you can stop

                                      looking to me,

to fill in the cracks you don't want to see

         because when they are your own,

   they are never as easy to fix.


 

 

 

 

Really,

            so sorry, baby

I would not

                   lie to you.

  Please understand.

Just because

                      today,

what I said,

      no longer stands,

it does not mean,

        I was not

      sincere

                   back then.

How was I to know,

     a day would come

  and go

           and like the wind

   out in the open  sea

my mind

            would

                      change.


 

 

love me,

       touch me,

              surround me,

                          kiss me

 

all day,

             think of only me,

playing with me,

          making love to me;

 

beg me,

              and demand me

 

   in my thoughts alone

           I feel

                  you

       on my naked soul,

               so

 

          come to me,

touch me,

                   and admire me,

dance with me

                       and love me.

 

 

 

players and flirts

       like a cool summer breeze,

make you feel,

             like they see,

                                  only you

               and they do

           You are wonderful!

their exuberance

                 spilling over the brim,

the splendor

            of crashing ocean waves,

       you catch the spray,

and when the winds shift

        and you are standing there,

                     all wet

try not to hate them

                    for the same reason

  that you fell in love with them

 

 

 

 

oh, and by the way,

         You are wonderful!

 

 

 

You can not hurt me,

       because I already

             do not feel anything.

 

I am safe

        here, inside my iceberg.

Here, there is

     no fear,

              no want

                         .......

                              no love.

 

Still trying to remember

                the exact moment

           when I died.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe,  in spite of yourself,

                you are bringing me

                                   back to life again.

 

        Today, I've been feeling

                a bit of pain.

 

So go away.

 

             No, I'd rather you not

             stay until morning.

             Go back to your 'girlfriend' now.

 

But do give me a call.

                        Sometime?

                                       Later?

 

So I will hold onto this hurt,

                this bitter, dreadfully

                                     delicious candy.

Wanting it to go away,

                              while clutching at it:

                    It's mine!

        And it's the only thing I have

                  that tells me:

                     I am alive.

 

I want to cry, and cry,

                             but tears don't come.

           Cry over what?

                                     For what?

Am I feeling something?

  Sometimes I can almost tell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moon calls to me,

                              shining over the calm sea

and I will take that moonlit path

                                                               to go to it

and I will throw these clothes

                                                          in the sand

           walk in slowly

                          until it's deep enough to swim;

       kick a leg up

                                     make an extra splash,

           watch the moonlight

                       in the crystal of the water

                             cascade back,

and I will watch the sea

                                                  glow in the dark

        tracing the outline of my body

                     as I swim

                                 and flow

            along the beat

                             the waves play on the beach,

and I will savor through and through

                                           every second, every inch

           of the warm water everywhere

                                touching my naked skin…

 

 

 

and I will think of

                                                     making love to you,

                 of the day

                                     you will be loving me,

 

               your music in the air        surrounding me,

 

            your kiss behind my ear,

                                 your breath on my skin

     and your rhythm

                                                                 leading me in…

 

 

           

 

 

 


and he said:

what do you think we are doing?

   are we making a mistake?

        where are we going?

 

and I thought and thought

 and I came up with this:

my love,

    do this for me,

just enjoy the Moment, love

    I am here

       and you are here

             together

    in this moment

  and one day, maybe soon

it will be all gone

and we will not know

     where the other is

there will be something else,

but it won't be this

 

and I will be gone

and you will be gone

    and all we see here Now

      and all we think

          and feel

will be nowhere to be found

 

what then?

    will it have been worth it?

all these nows we are creating,

    while we do

         what we are doing?

    while we go

        where we are going?

quite pleased with my words

 and not a single one of them a lie

Casanova himself

 could have put them on my tongue

 

and I thought some more,

 and I really wish

that I had just looked him in the eye

 and said this:

I am hoping

                 you won't hate me,

if you feel pain when I am gone,

       but I've got to be free,

     and I've got to get going.

          I'm leaving now,

 

             so come closer

and give me a nice kiss-good-bye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Apart – each a luminous star.

         Together – a spectacular play.

 

     

You asked,

                              and I said:  'yes'.

       I like you,

                           I want you,

and I would love to

              dance this dance

                                        with you:

    I act the woman,  

                you perform the man.

 

     So, you lead,

                         and I respond,

of all the games to play,

                    this is my favorite one.

What will it be?

         Tango?  Salsa?  Waltz?

                                     or a Ballet?

The whole Operetta,

                      or just a small duet?

 

 

You asked,

                              and I said:  'yes'.

Apart – each a shiny star.

         Together – a breath-taking play.

What will it be?

        Comedy?  Drama?  Action? 

                or Tragedy?

the same old plot, or

                  something new entirely?

 

A two tape saga

           with something for everyone,

or a flashy billboard

       by a freeway, as you speed by?

A snappy TV show; one hour,

                        interrupted by ads,

or a commercial; half a minute,

                      one you never forget?

 

You asked,

                               and I said: 'yes'.

     The audience is us.

                     Let's entertain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, you are surprised

   that this pretty little blond

can program a computer,

    say what she means,

        knows how she feels,

loves geometry and calculus.

 

Writes something like this.

 

Holds your stare, and

           moves with the music,

smiles as if she dares

                    to tell the secret.

 

If only they would hear.

 

So, why don't we,

                         for a change,

look at you and me

                        and everyone,

       and feel and know:

there is

                infinity

                                  inside,

stories and journeys,

             oceans and gardens,

and marvel at how well we

           manage to hide them,

   and forget about them.

 

But still.

             I love surprising you.

                And me.

 

 

 

 

My body is perfectly willing,

           but my soul inside me

                          won’t compromise.

 

Am I

            the shining star

                                     in your eyes?

 

It does not have to be forever,

       it doesn’t even have to be love,

    but have I been

                           on your mind?

          when I was

                       not around?

 

My body is perfectly willing,

             but the woman inside me

                          won’t compromise.

 

     Do you think I’m extraordinary?

              exciting and fun?

would you be proud

                     to go anywhere you go

with my body and mind at your side?

 

Tell me why you call me,

                                ask me to come,

     want to be with me.

   I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t,

         but

                     show me

                                        how

                   You see me.


 

 

So, go ahead, my love,

          though I know

                         you would rather not,

you are breaking my heart.

I feel pain.

       I feel relief.

I feel more real

   then I ever had before…

I feel

           thoroughly

                                  Alive!

 

Oh, yes, bring it on, my love,

      don’t go away now…

 

I have a heart!

 

Oh, wow!

                        after all this

                                                          I do

                                                                           have a heart.

 

 

 

My mind sees your faults,

      So why am I thinking of you?

                             Hurting for you?

 

       The words you said to me

  I have said them

                               so many times –

            I am listening to myself!

      I am now

                          on the other side.

 

And as you said them

        these half truths that they are,

you, my dear,

                have no idea

                                      how well

         I know the other half.

 

And I do understand by now

   how you see me.

                                You don’t.

                             And that’s fine.

 

As you hug me,

        one arm around me,

                 you look right past me

into the mirror

    you hold up in your other hand.

Don’t I look good?

                                   You ask me.

   Over and over and over again.

 

              And that’s ok.

            And, yes, you do.

 

 

 

I didn't even know that

              I've often wondered, if it existed

there, in darkness,

                feeling a peace of it here

                                                and there.

             I could not tell for sure.

 

You lit your cigarette,

      and, your mind on something else,

                  you dropped the match.

 

So, go ahead, my love,

          though I know

                         you would rather not,

                              you are breaking my heart.

 And, oh, it hurts, and bleeds,

                   washing away

        these useless fears and lies,

               I did not even know,

                                 I carried around.

 

                    Oh yes, my love, don’t go away now…

 

I have a heart!

 

The room aglow with fire,

      how could I ever had doubted,

            when all along I've been surrounded

                        by this,

                           so magnificent and splendid

                                   the source of life itself.

 

And though it hurts right now,

       I will know forevermore,

            I have seen it, with my own eyes,

              touched it and felt it,

         and even if I would ever want to,

I will never again be able

        to deny:

Oh, wow!

                    After all this

                                                       I do

                                                                           have a heart.

 

 

 

 

Psyche and Poetry

 

It is a palace. 

Here, I spend my days, and my nights. 

Through the rooms and hallways I wonder. 

I see the grandeur and the splendor. 

 

It is eternal and endless,

there are terraces and gardens,

vast chambers of dazzling beauty…

 

…and dusty rooms, I am scared of.

In those there might be something ugly.

I try not to go near.

 

And all throughout,

there are timeless works and exquisite art,

and all sorts of all kinds of other stuff.

 

And it is alive.  Living, breathing, ever-changing.

And a huge river runs right through it.

And often something calls to me or overwhelms me.

 

I reach in.  I bring it out

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 Here,

would you like to see it?


 

 

             Rejection

 

   I like you, and so it hurts me,

that you would find me lacking,

    not good enough for you.

        You – who should love me,

recognize me

                  as one of your own.

 

I am flawed, deficient.

                             Is this true?

     I don't think that I believe it,

but this pain tells me

                                  that I do.        

 

 

 

 

   Sun rays in my room.

I awake

                        in my bed.

My heart, smiling,

       feels you, sweetly

             through my body.

 

I try to invent

                               ways

I can bring you to me

       without you knowing;

to come

        just the way I like it.

       

         But you know.

            You know!

 

From across the distance,

   you can smell

         me wanting you.

 

 


 

What do I want from you?

 

      You pull away.

What if she wants something

      you do not have

                or is not yours to give?

 

 

 

 

What do I want from you?

 

     You are funny.

Before you even know,

      before I even know --

                           you run away.

Too many people

     wanting too many things,

   too much of everything,

always

       expecting something  --

                                   from you.

 

 

 

 

What do I want from you?

 

  What do you want to give me?

 

If you want to give me nothing,

      that is what I want from you.


 

 

 

 

 

You leave me in heaviness.

    Very slowly

                                       I exit,

  carefully

                              lock the door

                 behind me.

 

You don’t see me.

 

                     Mirror.

In me

         you should see

                            your sweetness,

     your openness, your love.

 

          But you avoid my eyes.

 

You are afraid

          of these things,

                  but they do live in you.

Perhaps you fear

                   that they are not there,

Perhaps they have brought you

                              too much pain.

  Perhaps you came into my life –

 

                    Mirror.

   I get chills.

            It dawns on me

                     I am still talking

                                      about me.

 

I feel it leaving me

                              this blackness;

by bits and pieces

                               I release them

into the river

                   that flows through me.

 

Good bye…


 

 

 

 

 

Love is freedom.

 

Many have come

                  into my life

                                   telling me they loved me,

            and so

                             in return

                                                       I must

give them something,

                            be something,

                                                   do something.

                 Or else their love would stop.

 

             And I tried hard

                                  to be a good girl,

   to give,

                             to be,

                                                          to do

       until there was

                           nothing

                                         left of me,

  and so

 

I ran and ran and ran

                                                 from this thing

                          they called love.

 

 

But love is freedom.

                                     And love does not stop.

 

 

Ran into a wall,

                         hurt my head,

                                                 fell on my butt.

 

But I do!

              Need,

                       want,

                                  hunger,

                                                thirst,

                                                          breathe!

                           For love!

 

It turned dark,

                        and, relieved, I

                                                 thought I died.

         Woke up with sunshine

                                       kissing my face:

 

Love is freedom!

Love does not go away.


 

 

 

 

           My prayer of

                Truth

               will rise

           triumphantly.

And it will fly

                              and soar.

            You will see.

 

 

  I am soft, gentle and open,

and you might see that

                       as a weakness.

      But I am here to stay,

                 and

           I will prevail.

             You will see.

 

 

And I am strong and steady,

            and the day is nearing

when every last

                      and first person

             on this earth,

has plenty of food

           and a beautiful shelter,

and all the magnificent things

        this life has to offer.

 

   The day is coming closer.

 

       There are many more

                like me.

 

 

            You will see.

 

 

 

 

 

Sun &

Iceberg

 

Collection I

 

 


There was once an old, old wooden box with a heavy lock on it.  In it were a young girl’s dreams, but she forgot where she put the key to the heavy lock.

Today the wooden box is on the bottom of a deep sea where not even the sun can see.  The dreams are leaking out of the box one by one like liquid gold an the sea brings them to me…


 

 An Air-Flight Away

 

 

Just a moment ago

     I was drinking wine,

            the crystal standing empty before me now;

     In the air was a beautiful song,

                                          but it is quiet now;

     Stranger’s eyes

                   through the mirrors

                                  connected with mine.

                   ‘Are you?

                            The love of my life?’

                   Well now

                           he is gone.

 

I stare into the crystal:

                        “Where is my future?

                                                       Tell me, now!”

My plane ticket.

         Yes, I leave tonight.

 

  But!

The love of my life!

        What if I need

     just one more night?

    What if I leave?

 And he stays here?

    What if I stay?

 And he is not the one?

     Is he?

An air-flight away?

 

             I’m out of wine, and

                    it’s too quiet here now…

 


 

 

I am walking into the dark,

wind blowing, softly

                       into my face.

     It feels good.

 

I do not see a source of light,

                there is no light,

    but somehow

                   I can see.

 

I am calm, relaxed,

            no strong emotions,

no fervid hate,

        no crazy, burning love.

Like a sound of ocean

        when I am falling asleep.

  It feels good.

 

What is in the dark?

 

Do I hear rain?

           I am not wet or cold.

The sound is soothing.

 

I know I am close to it,

I can almost touch it,

 

it relaxes me,

it excites me…

 

What is in the dark?

 

                    I keep walking.


 

 

            Beach,

                      sand,

                                   sand, sand,

        moonlight path

                        leads into the stars.

 

    And here

                                       I stand forever,

             eternal,

                                       infinite.

                      I know God.

 

       And we dream,

                         but wake up to

                                                   ‘real life’.

   And the dreams, they come here.

                                 I can feel them now.

    I play with them,

                                       same as sand.

 

And the ocean

                        is singing:

     ‘This path,

                   made of water and moonlight,

          come to me,

                                just come to me;

              come

                              and be

                   amongst the stars…’

 

    And a city sleeps behind me.

                                          I want to go,

                 wake them all up.

 


 

 

You are alone,

        and I too, need someone.

But you think you are

     having fun

proving to yourself

              you can control it all.

You can make anyone

             do anything you want.

Ambition drives you

   and you keep going

      and you keep running

         and there is something

                 you keep forgetting,

running to find what you need,

and you can not live without it.

Without it tomorrow

the Love inside of you will die

   my love for you

                            will be gone

So, today,

            run to me,

                         into my arms.


 

 

       

  feel the trance of desire

          feel it

        until the end

         give in

     do what you feel

       touch me

 

 

 feel the beat of my heart

         feel it

 until you are

       in another world

        just you and me

 

 

  magic spell whispered

           in the fire

          You

        in the sound of

   the wind of my blood

 

 

      feel your head spin

        through the universe

            You

  in the motion of my breath

 


 

 

       Hello, Ocean, how are you?

      A little strange,

                        you are still here.

 

   You were here when I met him.

     And you know that I

                                cried for him.

 I feel stupid, about the crying

                        so don’t tell anyone.

You’ve seen it all

blood, death and birth, despair,

                    and you don’t fall apart.

But I saw him again,

and I smelled the cologne on his skin

                           and I wanted to die.

   Why, when he said ‘Come!’,

           I just followed, again,

                               like hypnotized.

But, Ocean…

Did I ask for this?

          Why did he come into my life?

       To break my heart & leave?

    What I pray for now is to forget.

How do you do it, Ocean?

             How do you break the spell?

 

          Your sound calms me,

               as if you understand…


 

 

 

     I Am Fine

 

 

I am a raindrop in a hurricane

    that is about to come

Do not tell me your secrets

    because I won’t tell you mine

 

I am a wave in the ocean

    that instantly makes up her mind

You think you can control me

    watch me turn your ship upside down

 

I am the spark in the fire

    burning a forest someplace else

Do not try to remember me forever

    time will erase my every trace.

 


 

 

You are where I come from,

       my history;

I am your child,…

 

and I do not belong to you.

 

I am a flawless copy of you,

 

and I look nothing like you,

 

I understand you perfectly,

 

and you always confuse me,

       and when I want to be me,

I run away from you…

 


 

 

 

       Lambada notes

                         mixing in with air

     It makes me want to dance, but

                where are you?

 

     Sound so delightful

           it makes me want to do

                                     crazy things.

              Life is so good, but

                 where are you?

 

      The universe

                   of Latin rhythm

                                     seducing me

      flowing through me

                wrapping itself around me.

        Oh, I want to

                                   surrender,

                           but…

 

           you are lost in the crowd.

 

 

 

Ouch.

The pain of leaving

          and friends staying

                            left behind

for a long time,

                       maybe forever

and the Sun shines,

  like nothing has changed

      all alone on its throne

     I should be used to

                          this by now

it sits up there splendid

    and proud,

           doing its own thing

it must be my Destiny

           moving on with life

        and leaving Love behind,

aching, sweet memories

            scattered all over

continents,

            countries and

                                      cities

      and yet never near me

but the Sun has no cares

   it shines like

        everything is the same

into my heart

    the pre-destined separation

cuts another unbearable notch

they say the stars

    are too far

      to be as bright,

           but otherwise

       much the same as our Sun,

                                                 forever destined to mindlessly

            shine alone,

me with my thoughts

                     devoid of purpose.

 

 

 

 

I know I will recognize him

the moment I see him,

or I will know him for quite a while

and suddenly realize

he is the one,

as he steps out of my mind

dark stranger in my dreams,

                  he will be all mine

                            just like he is now

               wrapped in a fog,

                                          a mystery,

     plain just for me

 

                   he will be strong

                              he will be weak

 

        he will know everything

                                 he will be naive

 

    he will love me endlessly

             and live without me easily

 

I can sense him nearer

       each passing day,

               his breath in my hair,

                              his kiss on my skin.

    Sometimes at night I dance

                                   just for him,

  and he will come

  I know

 

 He is dreaming right now

about me,

    wondering

                                 if he ever finds me,

he knows

           he will recognize me

                     the moment he sees me.

 

 

 

 The stranger inside of me

      writes poems,

while I am caught in

      the web of ‘reality’.

 

The stranger inside of me

waits for someone else

      to disclose himself

to throw away the fear

that drives one into hiding.

      Will she ever find him?

 

I read the pictures

      that I wrote

to find out who wrote them.

Do I need someone?

      to make me happy.

Interesting, she keeps

      writing about him.

 

 

 

 

and history chokes up

                 it’s horrors

and terror gets a

                 new synonym

and the world keeps turning

and life goes on

and nothing will ever

                 change

 

and there will be

                 another Stalin

and there will be

                 another Hitler

and hair will

                 stand on end

and there will be outrage

‘It was not our business’,

                 they will say

‘We did not know’,

                 they will say

and then it will start

                 all over again

 

 

 

 

I am not hungry,

                  but the wind

                           brings smell of flesh.

 

          It calls to give in,

                                    hunt.

It awakens ancient urges

                     that I try,

                              but can not satisfy.

 

So I turn on

                 every brain cell,

                                       every muscle.

            Just be me,

                       works every time.

 

            Except there is no end.

Like the ocean

                  that never stops,

                          the wind blows anew.

                      Every time.

 

I stalk and prey and kill

                                  I declare victory.

      Still asking for the fight

                                         of all fights.

The one that will

           leave no doubt:

                        I am the greatest

                                        hunter alive.

 

                    Who am I???

    Dead bodies

                                   left in my path.

I take a look back

                 and,

                          pathetically,

                                             feel pride.

 


 

 

     And the summer

                           had to end,

for some reason

             could not go on

                                       forever.

 

You were with me

              we laughed and

                                        danced

we drove fast

                    you wrote me letters

you could not wait

                            to see me later.

The thought of you possessed me.

 

         The summer ended

 and the world stopped spinning.

                It was over

   I cried

           I wrote

                       I drove

                                      very fast.

         I refused

                      to believe.

 

I hated time.

                      The summer ended.

    And I hate time now.

                 I want to go back.


 

 

 

My life

     a collection of dancing

        minutes, wishes, voices,

        and breathtaking views

 

What is it all for?

     To pass and be forgotten, or

     to run into a jumble

        in my head?

 

     flickering

        trees, thoughts, names,

        wants, moments, roads

 

It is always with me

in this one never ending second

     that I exist in,

     collecting more.

 

     flashing

        churches, faces, pains,

        dreams and oceans…

 

My life - past and future,

     A jumble in my head

     and in your head – yours.

 

 

 

There is just so much inside

               and, if you could get in,

you could never get through it.

 

And I go rummaging

                         through it all often,

tidying up and messing it up,

                but there is always a lot,

so many gems and so much junk.

 

I have lost track of it all,

                            a long time ago,

and I do not know,

              where to begin

                       when I invite you in.

 

And it is funny;

     they say this is all that counts.

 

 

 

    In a flash of lightning

       just for moment

I saw:

                         the past

         does not exist

 

and there was no one

         to miss,

   no actions to regret,

       no words to take back

 

no knowledge of anything

    that I might want

        and can not have

 

        and there I was

            and then

          it went away.

 

 

 

For years, you’ve been gone,

      so why can’t I forget you?

A few months with you.

         such a very short time.

    You are long away now.

 

And I still see you

                in strangers’ faces,

    startled, I look,

                   but it’s not you.

      I enjoy the torture.

On purpose,

           swimming in the hurt,

to have you here

                             in this way

   rather then nothing at all.

 

It is so strange

       that you will never know

that I am still here,

             so many years later

      and you are so real,

               with me

without your consent,

                 in my imagination.

 

 


Iceberg

 

 

  One more step,

              and I am home.

Away from fear

                       I am safe.

Away from despair

                       I am safe.

 

To become

                   invulnerable

  like a rock

             to feel nothing.

 

It is too late

                to get lost now.

One more step

                 and I am there,

 

but wait.  What’s wrong?

      It is freezing here.

 

  There is nothing but…

Everywhere…

            everywhere I look

         ice, ice, ice

                 ?

 

 

 

Create & Destroy

 

Collection III

 

 

 


I do not understand,
                       what I am doing here,
when I just found you
                            and you are there.
 
My mind sends
                    a momentary impulse
to all my muscles:
                Get up, go be with him!
                 Now!  What else is more important?
                 Why should he have to wait?
                 He wants your love now
                                                  and he deserves it.
                 Deserves all you can give
                                                        and more!
And the impulse comes,
                                            and I ignore it.
 
There is you and there is nothing else
                                                 that matters more.
What the heck am I doing here?
All so stupid and 
                                            meaningless,
compared to making love
                                                  to you.
                What if he does not want to 
                                                love you later?
                 Why should he wait till you are
                                               all done and ready
                     with all this stuff
                                         that has no point
                                    without him?
I want to go to you
                and wrap my arms
                               and legs
                                          around you,
my heart aches to give you
                          all,              all of me
                                        all I ever had,
                                                  all I have,
                                                       all I ever will,
                                to put it at your feet
                                               just take me...
             What am I still doing here?
 
And my answer?
 
The impulse comes  --  
                                    “just go!
                                             there's the door and 
                                             there's my car, and...”
                               ...nothing.
 

  I stay here.

 

 


 

 

Don’t wait for tomorrow.

   

                                 Love me now.

Don’t wait for perfection

            all around

                             all of your life.

I am within your reach,

                   here,

                                         tonight.

 

What do you know?

This civilization will die,

                    a new one will arise.

Continents will collide,

       mountains

                disappear into the sea.

New cities will be built,

      and what do you know

                            where I will be?

 

All that is in your heart

                                  just give it

Don’t wait for tomorrow

 

                            Love me now.


 

 

           I woke up scared.

      There was a monster there.

 

I tried to run and get away, but

    my eyes met the monsters gaze,

and I saw that he was

                              a big puppy dog.

I saw excruciating fear in his eyes.

 

What are you doing here, honey?

Look how terrified you are,

        barking so much and so loud.

Who left you out here?

Hungry, lonely, looking so shabby?

 

Was it my Mother?

Was it my Father?

Or did I?

 

I am so sorry, honey,

                 please don’t bite me now.

I did not see you, love!

I thought you were a monster.

You kept barking and

                              everyone told me:

         Don’t ever look!  Just run!

 

I wasted so much time

trying so hard

                     to get away from you,

and you are just a puppy

             who needs an ocean of love.

 

 


 

Dear God. Dear Gypsy.

Will I have money?

               Lots and lots of money?

Or at least just to

          pay the rent and food and gas.

                 That would be nice.

 

Will I have love?

                    and romance?

 

Will I have a job,

             that doesn’t feel like I’m working?

that feels like a joyful hobby,

         that I can’t wait to get to

                                       in the morning?

       that pays me lots and lots of money,

and someone I can’t wait

                  to be with in the evening?

 

Will I have someone who holds me?

  and tells me that

               everything will be all right,

     and tells me that I am good and lovely

 

Will I?   Will I?   Will I?

Tell me, Gypsy.   Answer!, God.

 

          And if so, then can I have it now?

Or tell me what I must do,

                                so I can have it soon.

Is it too much to ask?

Can I?  Can I?  Can I?

Please respond.

 

 

 

 

One day I dreamed

              that I could really live.

 

How dare I imagine,

    that I could step out,

               step away, step above

   the madness,

              the mundane,

                             the deadness

            and just breathe.

 

And there was no yesterday,

               and I did not regret it.

And there was no tomorrow,

                  and I did not fear it.

 

It is real, it exists,

     with my last drop of blood,

with my every breath,

                it exists, I know this,

     like I know nothing else.

 

I try to take you there,

 I push you, drag you, beg you

to open your eyes,

                 and see it.

 

 

 

 

But I have no right

to make this decision for you.

You can only go there,

if you want to.

You will only get there

your own way, not mine.

I apologize.


 

 

 

   Take what you want.

                       Arrest me!

                   Seize,

     invade,

               capture,

                        overtake me,

as you stare

           in my face

                        defiantly,

   as I say:

 No,

      you can not have me!

 

 

 

Imagine everything,

         everything you know,

                everything you own,

everything you ever believed to be true

   one after another

                      taken from you,

                      leaving you,

 

              no longer choking you

until

                           You

                                                      is all

                      that is left,

       a naked point in empty space.

 

It feels like death.

                 And then,

                                   you take a breath.


 

 

 

This will all fall down,

like everything else

                       in the world,

and maybe tonight

  you will meet someone new,

                who turns you on.

 

            I wish I knew,

what I could have done,

      so that I

 would not be loosing

                              you now.

And if I did,

                 would I, anyway?

And does it matter now?

          Soon enough,

   this hurt will be gone.


 

 

 

I want to heal.

          I want to start

    all over,

                  again,

from the beginning,

      the origin,

   from the source;

 

with no errors,

             with no limits,

    just me & Life,

    like a rosebud

boldly addressing

         a new

                        sunrise

 

with no thought of fear,

       trusting,

           nothing to prove,

 nothing to earn.

    I want to breathe.     


 

 

 

                         My life

     is stuck in traffic.

                     If only all these cars

  would disappear.

 

Oh boy, could I then step on the gas!

   Oh, don’t worry

                           about the cops.

  How could someone stop me

         for living at full throttle?

They’d ask me to teach them how.

 

             Anyway, I’m here

     stuck behind all these cars…

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  Speeding is against the law of the land

 

 

You ask me to come in,

                      into your garden:

 

You will like it here,

              the colors,

                                the breeze.

Oh, how nice,

                             you came,

 how beautiful,

        the conversations we have.

The presence of you here,

                       makes everything

      so much more intense.

 

Oh, but I am sorry!

     When I go inside the house,

   you can not follow me there.

I will come back out,

               no, I don’t know when;

and if I find,

       out of my garden you

                                stepped out,

            I will be angry,

and will not let you

                                back inside.

 


 

 

I want you to

own me and serve me

be my teacher and my lover

 

obliterate and build me

be my creator and destroyer

 

take what you want and hurt me

force me and let me

 

kiss my tears and shush me

when you violate me

 

bring me pleasure, satisfy, obey me

posses, control, dominate me

adore me and indulge me

 

 

you have to

touch me, engage me and move me


 

 

 

Love’s Death Camp

 

 

           Over and over,

                         again and again,

you murder and destroy me,

cut me up, rape me and brutally beat me,

                                           but somehow

                    I just wont die.

 

Like a hungry street dog,

sneaking up to your trash can at night

        to find something, anything eatable

              you threw away

        did not want anyway

rotting waste matter, scraps of your love

Destitute, desolate and famished

I consume them

                              and live another day.

 

I am better off dead,

                                  alone and starving,

and you do not care.

I can not make you.

                              And why should you?

Look at me:

                           pitiful, stupid and ugly.

 


 

After

        you are done tearing at yourself

                with guilt and doubts and fear,

you will come back to me.

 

And I will make all of your pain

                                spin and flow away.

I will dress you in gold and

                          give you a palace to live in,

and if you do not like it,

                      you can sell it and

                                        keep the profit,

        or give it to your lover.

Anything you want, just say it,

        I shall bring it, and lay it at your feet.

 

Honey,

                 you can not get away from me.

 

It is only us and the forest and the trees.

The sun shines softly through them,

and I can hear

                           the ocean and the beach.

    Follow only your delight and pleasure.

Amour, can you smell the freedom?

 

And I am very, very patient.

When forever has ended,

                                        I will still be here.

                            

  You can turn me away,

                                         reject my gifts.

   If that is what you want, just speak it,

                       and for you, I shall make it be.

Sooner or later,

                       you will walk with precision

              straight back

                                     into me.

 

 

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