Poetry 2/4

Jun 5

Rain Dance III

I shelter not from thunderstorms but run into the heavy downpour arms outstretched, I laugh gleefully like a lovesick drunkard...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Namaqua

My awakening is Namaqualand in August. I am bleeding orange, pink escapes from my lips, purple appears in my dreams at night...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Learning To Walk

The higher I jump, the higher I fly, I wait in vain for my bones to crush on the hard ground but they never do. Or have I just not...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 4

I bathe in myself

My thoughts are too deep, I don't want to let them pass... I bathe in myself

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 1

True Love

Nothing is expected, nothing is owed. Just be, and being is the greatest gift

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Marieke de Koker

May 30

My thoughts are a runaway train

This land of drought now overflowing in abundance, the source of which unknown... I want to live in fountains of abundance forever...

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Marieke de Koker

May 30

Resilience

I am the weed that grows through concrete, I am the diamond emerging from volcanic pressures, I am resilience. Not because I fight against..

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Marieke de Koker

May 30

A Song For The Wild Beast

If she does not venture out, if she is not brave, does she live whilst missing the greatest parts of life that make life worth living?

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Marieke de Koker

May 29

You live on in me

You live on in me, no matter where I might go, I will pass you on

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Marieke de Koker

May 28

Fire and Rain

I swim in the oceans of Neptune, I run across the plains of Mars, and make love on the Moon...

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Marieke de Koker

May 28

Just Listen For Love

Just listen for love, щpen your heart to receive, the world welcomes you

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Marieke de Koker

May 28

I am the Vulture

I am the vulture lurking in the shadows, watching the world in quiet wisdom...

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Marieke de Koker

May 27

I Know You

I could trace every inch of your face in my dreams, every corner and curve of your body. The stretch marks and wrinkles, the ebb and flow...

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Marieke de Koker

May 26

Rain Dance II

Kiss me in the warm summer rain and it will be as if a thousand faces kiss my skin... Adorned with diamond droplets the world clings to my..

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Marieke de Koker

May 23

I call on you, my ancestor

If you had the choice to choose yourself, would you have closed your eyes without regret? Would you have spent your last days in peace?

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Marieke de Koker

May 22

I Wish The World Could See

I wish the world could see itself through my eyes and know that all the evils come from an inability to love ourselves...

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Marieke de Koker

May 19

Brave

Brave is that druid who risked its life to render the most magnificent, exquisite bloom...

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Marieke de Koker

May 16

Purpose

It is in the pursuit of purpose that all purpose is lost. Blinded by what we are searching for, unable to see what's right in front of us

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Marieke de Koker

May 15

I am but a selfish child

I am my own downfall, running headfirst into chaos without any regrets. I want all the beauty and all the pain, staring into the face of...

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Marieke de Koker

May 15

I forgive you

true Wisdom means looking past the words and into your eyes who tell me your deepest, darkest secrets

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