Wat ik rijm...

Zoals je misschien al was opgevallen zit creatie mij in het bloed. Is het niet met papier, steen, wol, verf, naald en draad of andere tastbare materialen, dan is het wel met letters. 

En net als bij kunst is de ervaring/beleving van een creatie van woorden heel erg persoonlijk. Je vindt het mooi of niet, of een beetje. 

Op deze pagina zal ik af en toe een creatie met letters in dichtvorm plaatsen. De meesten zullen niet al te recent zijn. Misschien dat het plaatsen van deze schrijfsels mij weer inspireert om iets nieuws te maken. Jouw reactie kan mij daar ook bij helpen.

Ik keek laatst naar de tuin

en dacht: Daar moet wat in.

Er stonden heel veel potten leeg;

dat was niet naar mijn zin.

Met aarde en wat zaadjes

werd een moestuinbak gevuld.

En dan begint het wachten;

dat vergt best wat geduld.

Dagelijks even kijken

of er iets groens ontspruit.

En ja na zeven dagen

stak er een sprietje uit.

Na nog eens zeven dagen

was heel de bak al vol,

met sprieten, blaadjes, steeltjes

en ook een kleine knol.

Met liefde geef ik water

en soms een beetje mest.

En als wat opkomt eetbaar is,

dan smaakt het mij weer best.

gedichtje uit 2008

Now

Now is the moment

Now is the time

Get started on living

stop reading this rhyme

gedichtje uit 2008

Feel me, hear me, know me

Feel me, hear me, know me

I am for real, just like you

Come closer into my space

I will dare you to be true

Feel me, hear me, know me

Tell me your deepest desire

What is it that your heart wants

What you dream, wish to acquire

Feel me, hear me, know me

I'll share my dreams and more

My soul, heart and devotions

Come in, I opened the door

Feel me, hear me, know me

I have so much to share

My heart is filled with love

For those that wish to dare

gedichtje uit 2007

what do you take me for?

Am I your sister or your mother

Am I your neighbour or your wife

Am I one of the many you don't know

Or am I the one significant in your life

Am I the one that you will turn to

When you're feeling down and sad

Am I the one that you're angry with

Am I the one making you freaking mad

Am I the one you really love to talk to

Am I the one and only you truly adore

Or am I the one you turn your back on

And don't ever want to see no more

Am I the one that you will run to

When your heart is crushed and hurt

Am I the one that you are blaming

For using that one forbidden word

Am I your hero and your saviour

Or am I the devil in disguise

Am I the foreseen false prophet

Am I the one that's pure and wise

What is it you take me for

Who in life am I to you

Is it based upon the truth

Or only on your point of view

gedichtje uit 2007

No darkness without light

I used to be afraid

Of darkness in the night

Sometimes I couldn't sleep

Without a single light

Thought that all bad creatures

Came out when darkness falls

And crawl into my bedroom

Like shadows on the walls

I thought they could hurt me

As they could smell my fear

It would be my anxiety

That draws these creatures near

But now I found out recently

That the light can't exist

If there would be no darkness

Each other they assist

It's like the Ying and Yang

Without dark there's no light

Love's gone without the hate

Without day there's no night

It's all about the balance

Between opposites of all kind

When one gets more important

It spreads fear in your mind

I now embrace the darkness

Accept that there is hate

Don't fear life's darker side

Now that I can relate

gedichtje uit 2008

Thank you mom

You were my rescue, my safe haven

The one who kissed my pain away

You took the time to listen to me

And always encouraged me to play

You punished me when I was bad

Brought comfort when I was in pain

You gave me love and confidence

so when I fail, I dare to try again

At times you seem so strict to me

As if you could not understand

But then, when I felt all alone

You always gave me your hand

Must've been hard to let me go

You cared so much, for so long

And when I did spread my wings

You stayed behind, but strong

Over the years I got to see you

More and more as a dear friend

It took some time and struggle

Before I could totally comprehend

You gave me life and so much more

With love, true and unconditional

I can't find words to thank you mom

All I can say is: you're phenomenal

gedichtje uit 2008

It’s easy to be nice

I was waiting patiently in line

At a small local marketplace

All I could move was my head

Cause there wasn't that much space

I thought about my shopping list

Was there nothing I forgot

And as I stood there thinking

I stopped right on the spot

"Hello", you said while smiling,

"My name is Emmylou

But mommy calls me Emmy

And how do they call you?"

"They call me Lein or Marjo

Sometimes it's Mar or Jo

But you can call me Marjolein

If you really want to know"

She told me she's five years old

That she liked the colour pink

She liked eating pancakes and

Preferred cola as favourite drink

She blabbered on about her life

About her school, her brother

About her lovely girly room

And about the world’s best mother

And as she left she turned around

And before she waved goodbye

She said "I think you're nice"

With a twinkle in her eye

"Will that be all?" asked the cashier

And he counted what I paid him

I looked good at his nametag

and said "Have a good day Jim"

gedichtje uit 2007

Friendship knows no time

Sometimes I got upset when

Friends didn't stay in touch

But regularly contact does

Not really mean that much

Some people I see once a week

Others once a month or year

And some just once a lifetime

And they seem to disappear

But friendship has no request

No rules and no demands

And if we should meet again

It might be out of our hands

It's all about the quality

And time, it does not count

It's depth of time we can spend

And no matter the amount

So if we meet , our souls touch

Enjoy the company of friends

And never look beyond the Now

No matter when this all ends

gedichtje uit 2007

Crossroad

I'm on a crossroad in my life
Not sure what is the right direction
And where lies the connection
I must take more time to contrive

Who am I and where am I going
What have I thus far achieved
Are all my lessons well conceived
Am I stuck or am I growing

Why do I work the job I'm in
And why do I still live here
Should I move on or persevere
What's the truth that lies within

I do know that sooner or later
The answers will flow in my mind
And universe will help me remind
I will be my own life's creator

gedichtje uit 2007

Sun

Have you looked into my eyes

and if you do, what is it that you see

that what you see might be the sun

because it shines in all of thee

Cause my eyes are not a mirror

to my soul, for that's just for me

it reflects your own true self

what it is or soon shall be

So many eyes that must have mirrored

my soul, the deepest side of me

learned that the world is not confusing

but it's my own complexity

So let me have just one more look

before I will set my soul free

Show me the sun, and then I'm gone

to tell the world I've found The Key

gedichtje uit 2007

Dear child of mine

Hello dear child of mine

I haven't had the pleasure

Meeting you, but it's always

Been a thought I treasure

I always assumed

That everyone in time

Will have their children

So I've waited long for mine

Years went by so fast

So much was on my hands

Going to school, life, working

And going out with friends

As soon as I got settled

The inner clock did start

Got aware of the place

Reserved beneath my heart

For you dear child of mine

But something keeps you waiting

And though it takes so long

My wish is yet not abating

Maybe it's not the time or life

For you to join my soul

And until that time has come

I will never feel as whole

gedichtje uit 2007

So much more

I am so much more
Than the sum of all you see
If you only see the surface

Then you really don’t know me

gedichtje uit 2007

Lust

I have a lust for life
a soulburning desire
to put on my shoes
and step on the blues
and play a bit with fire

gedichtje uit 2008

Beware of what you wish for

Because it might come true

Make sure it's watertight

Or it will turn on you

gedichtje uit 2007

Where is my sock

Today I did some laundry

Washed socks and underwear

While waiting in the meantime
I washed and dried my hair

As the machine made sounds

To say its work was done

I took out all the pieces

But then the search begun

I picked a small white sock

And tried to find the other

Found only grey and blue

The white has gone in smother

When the machine was empty

No sight of that white thing

I looked inside more careful

To see if the sock's within

I'm sure that it was there

Before I started washing

But I lost track of the white sock

As the machine went sloshing

This is another mystery

That never has been solved

Nor do I know the culprit

That must have been involved

I took the one white sock

And put it in a drawer

That's filled with single socks

Since this happened before

Someday I'll find the cause

Of this unsolved mystery

I'll find this white sock's twin

You'll just wait and see

gedichtje uit 2008

All alone together

We all are alone together

souls trapped in the flesh

feeling earth lives boundaries

experiencing daily stress

And a soul that feels captured

thinks that all it sees and feels

is unique and never before seen

that it's personal what it reveals

But when we let go of this ego,

manipulator of body and soul

we understand that WE are one

and that we experience as a whole

Lessons from collective conscious

disguised as a single personal life

are to some the path to knowledge

to others it's a lonesome strife

gedichtje uit 2008

Just be you

Never ever say you're sorry

for time will take no turn

make sure to keep it in mind

and please do not spurn

Keep a passion for the now

for its now that's worth living

future is only just to come

watching the past is just reliving

Do what you are good at

and what you enjoy the most

Don't be slaves to thinking

Be to no bad feeling a host

Treat me like your only treasure

Don't demand from life a thing

Just be you, it takes no effort

and then who knows what life will bring

gedichtje uit 2008

Happy birthday to my dearest friend

The sacred meaning of numbers
is running through your head,
and scream for your attention
while you look on ahead

Within the next few days
your age is a round number
You won't even feel it coming
it is there when you slumber

I know you think it's scary
to step over the threshold,
leave childhood behind you
trust it: great things will unfold

When you enter a decade
the 1^stnumber's characteristic
will be the most powerful;
with 3, you'll be more artistic

So dear friend, be at peace
with the changes in your age
Remember: life's a journey
and this is just a stage…......

gedichtje uit 2008

Angel

It was just a split second
That our eyes have met
And I felt I knew you
but I don't know you yet

Hello you said while smiling
And I smiled back at you
You asked how I was doing
but I didn't have a clue

It was like striking lightening
I trembled and I sighed
As if an angel came to earth
and had touched me inside

And as you passed me by
A breeze did touch my hair
You walked away with grace
All I could do was stare

Now I am home and thinking
What happened on that night
And when I tried to picture you
All I could see was light

Heaven must have sent you
To tell me that it's alright
I don't have to know everything
There is no wrong or right

gedichtje uit 2008

  Paint me a picture

Paint me a picture

of how the world could be

use all the colours that you love

and add some just for me

Paint me a picture

as a conductor you create

the paint, as your orchestra,

plays symphonies that sedate

Paint me a picture

be inspired by your soul

let your spirit guide your brushes

let no mind be in control

Paint me a picture

show the world how you see me

use the colours thick and firmly

let them wonder: who is she

Paint me a picture

Paint me

a picture

picture me

gedichtje uit 2008

Do you know?

Do you know, do you know

where the wind comes from or go

how the water makes a wave

how the mountain got a cave?

Do you know, do you know

why the earth is moving, slow

why the time is passing fast

why all future becomes past

Do you know, do you know

why you can see the stars glow

why we use so little brain

why we get depressed by rain

Do you know, do you know

is it true or just not so

Do you ever wonder why

ever question your own eye?

gedichtje uit 2007

dead but not gone

Life can be so fragile

And shorter than we think

We may think we have years

But it can be gone in a blink

I always assumed that

You would always be here

It never crossed my mind

That someday you'd disappear

But now you are gone

To another dimension

I start to realise that

I had so much to mention

Not sure if you can hear me

I cry out to the stars

How can I share my thoughts

If you're living now on Mars

I cry, scream and I shout

And put my words on paper

The tears fell on the ink

And turned it into vapour

Then deep inside my heart

A voice sounds, very soothing

It's you that lives inside me

That to me is comforting

When I want to talk to you

I place my hand on my heart

Although your body has been gone

You're of my life still a part

gedichtje uit 2007

There is another world...

There is a world besides this one

Where purple clouds surround the sun

Where trees are blue

And onions too

Where all the living just make fun

Where bunny's swim and tigers bounce

Where everybody weighs an ounce

And rivers flow

With an orange glow

And it's on love that all will pounce

And in that world the only tear

Comes from joy, if they appear

Smiles are all you need to wear

There is no anger and no scare

No torture, pain and not a swear

This world is not so far away

You don't have to travel or to pray

No need to ask me for direction

Because we all have the connection

So off you go without delay

Just close your eyes, visualise

Experience it, for it is nice

To find it all inside of you

Creating is what we all can do

I know, I've been there more than twice

gedichtje uit 2007

What did you think

On the outside you're so innocent

So friendly and so pure

But what you hide inside you

Is locked away secure

You thought I didn't notice

Thought that you could fool me

Playing to be a tortured soul,

No one to set you free?

Your words you pick so careful

But what you use the most

Are your eyes, deep as the ocean

A smile used as its coast

Did you think I would get drowned

And drift far from my shore?

Did you not see my anchor?

Which I never will ignore?

I enjoyed viewing your ocean

And dreamed for just a while

Of far, far away places

Then woke up with a smile