It’s your time now
It’s time to turn the page
of old and forgotten age
It’s time to write a new chapter
making new moments to capture
It’s time to know of the real character
instead of being fake like an actor
It’s time to read further in the book fast
not looking back to the rusted past
It’s time to see how you grow
instead of feeling numb and low
It’s your time now to flourish
find your passion to cherish
It’s your time now to walk away
from the worldly and rugged pathway
It’s your time now to change
lots of knowledge to exchange
It’s your time now to choose
the things you’ll never lose
Go, it’s time…
Your time…
©® SunRise - 08/03/2024 All rights reserved
Little girl (part 3)
Capable
You’re more capable
of what you can do
than you realize
You are remarkable
of the things you can
only you have the access
For you it’s reachable
even if you think
you can’t touch them
Believe you’re able
of the power
you have in your life
Realize you’re capable
of everything you touch
and throw away
Capable
©® SunRise - 07/25/2024 All rights reserved
Thunder Warning from the Earth
Tears of rain
falling down
one clash
one lightning strike
a cloud splits open
As if the heavens
tearing with you
the sadness
the destruction
you’re making
on this planet
vulnerable
yet flexible
Each raindrop
symbol of healing
washed away
all the dirt
we’re making
on this planet
vulnerable
yet forgivable
Each lightning bolt
is a warning
to us all
human beings
to think
by ourselves:
isn’t it time
to step back?
Let nature
doing her work
magnificently
and creatively
restoring the work
we have done
destroyable
yet repairable
Give her a chance
to restore, to grow
to flourish again
some creatures, flowers
won’t come back
new creatures, flowers
will arise
All is possible
all comes from
one single drop
a teardrop of rain
healing rain…
©® SunRise - 07/25/2024 All rights reserved
Little girl (part 2)
I will always hold you
holding you
like you’ve never
been held before
Before you have
ever known
I was there for you
I loved you, always
Always by your side
I was there with you
I’ve never forsaken you
and I’ll never do
Do you realize that?
Wherever you are
I am with you
and you’ll never be alone
Alone was always
underlined
in your dictionary
but you may cross it out
Out of your mind
instead you may
circle “together”
write it in your heart
Your heart will always be
intertwined with mine
wherever you do
wherever you go
Go boldly and brightly
into the insecure world
with the knowledge that
I will always hold you…
©® SunRise - 07/22/2024 All rights reserved
Little girl (part 1)
She just wants to
be hidden in you
feeling comforted
feeling supported
by the body
body of love
She just wants to
be seen by you
feeling acknowledged
feeling recognized
by the eyes
eyes of love
She just wants to
be heard by you
feeling listened
feeling appreciated
by the ears
ears of love
She just wants to
be held by you
feeling touched
feeling embraced
by the arms
arms of love
She just wants to
be close to you
feeling loved
feeling moved
by the heart
heart of yours…
She just wants to
be the little girl
she couldn’t be
but she always
wanted…
©® SunRise - 07/21/2024 All rights reserved
Our chapter needs an end…
No goodbye
no ending
just living
in between
No left
no right
we are
standing
still
freeze
like a breeze
No wind
no storm
ear-deafening
silent
When are you
breaking
the silence
and giving us
a voice
again?
To scream
to yell
the celebration
of our connection
But now
we’re disconnected
over and over
again
and again and again
When can we
loose
the cord
of disconnection
Just repairing it
strengthening it
surrounded
well-founded
rooted with love
The connection
we used to have
unbreakable
stable
are you able
to maintain
to sustain
this time
without
loosening ends
loosening threads?
I don’t think
you can
so I need to
live again
a fountain
of tears
and fears
it would be
an ending
a goodbye…
©® SunRise - 07/13/2024 All rights reserved
In the desert
Wandering around
feeling lost
looking around
where I am
it’s like a desert
This feeling inside me
is getting stronger
with every step
I try to take
in this lonely desert
with drifting sand
before my eyes
Do I feel it right?
Do I see it right?
Do I actually see you
waiting for me
to take me
to an oasis
an oasis of love
purest love
in its form
that has ever
existed on earth
like it’s in heaven?
Take me
to this most
precious oasis
you took
by my hand
and guided me
to this rare
but most beautiful
place of love
hope and trust
I got hope
I got trust
in you
I never want
to leave
by your side
holding hands
taking me to
breathtaking
places
Or are they
just pictures?
because they
just fade away
slowly back
to the back
of my mind
just another
hallucination
Back in the desert
where I am
looking around
feeling lost
wandering around…
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Catching the wind
Just like the wind
you come and go
floating away
on the thermals
which brings you
to tornadoes
of your hard life
But the wind knows
its way home
home to my heart
you can take
some breath again
With every time
the wind brings you
back home to me
I feel that the wind
is lifting me up
higher to other spheres
I never have imagined
With each thermal
you bring to me
I am growing
to find my own way
on my way to the sun
Giving me strength
light and warmth
to love myself
so I can move on
to higher thermals
catching the wind
softly and serenely
While I find you
you who don’t give up
finding a way out
fighting against
trying to fly around
the tornadoes
of your hard life…
Author’s note: I wrote this poem about the deep layers of love and compassion with its challenges and struggles between me and my best friend/lover with mental health issues.
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Follow your dreams…?
“Follow your dreams!”
“Chase your dreams!”
“Never give up hope!”
“Go get your dreams!”
But wat if you tried
chasing
dreaming
hoping
planning
None of them worked out
You need to deal with
the brutal reality of
boundaries and limitations
Limitations of life
They make you paralyzed
Money
Health
Courage
Distance
Disappointed all the time
However my dad is keeping saying:
“Follow your dreams.”
He is right; wish big like Nelson,
Martin Luther and Theresa
The art is: bending your dream
Feasible
Flexible
Capable
Sustainable
You’ll find your dream, your hope
Don’t chase others’ dreams
But find your own and unique ones
In there you’ll receive your future
Just bend your dreams!
(Writer’s note: inspired by the verse of the song “Lighthouse” of Brandon Heath - “Cast away on the sea of my broken dreams”)
©SunRise - 06/14/2024 All rights reserved
Bring me back
Again you’re haunting me in my mind
Like a lost soul who is trying to find
its way back home to love, joy and peace
Hoping to receive all of them at ease
But when you run back home to me someday
thinking you can be with me to rest, to lay
Then you better be ready not to dice
you’ll get a bucket full of cold ice!
However as ice will melt over time
so will be my caring heart as springtime
You have a soul so special and unique
very rare in this world, soulless and weak
You have shown me a spot so secure
where there is only love, true and pure
a precious pearl you wanna embrace
Please bring me back to that place…
©SunRise - 06/12/2024 All rights reserved