Self Love

Aug 25

Cry with me, Mother

Cry with me, Mother, and let our teardrops turn to rock. You can strike me until I shatter into a million pieces: I will become the sands

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 30

My Ship

A ship that spends its existence anchored in place will never fulfill its destiny, never to set sail on the wild tides... Will you

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 29

Break

We are told to bend but never break. But shattering into pieces allows us to rebuild ourselves in ways we could never imagine, rendering

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 18

I am impossible

I follow my heart and it shows me things I never knew was possible, because the heart is far more intelligent than the mind

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 18

Point of No Return

I stand at the point of no return... I have outgrown and outworn my beloved shoes... I can choose my shoes but I cannot choose my feet...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 18

Empty Wall, Full Heart

There is no greater inspiration than an empty wall, I will give away all of my paintings so that the world may become my gallery... My joys

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 10

Choice

Sometimes we mistake what is comfortable and known for being a choice

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 10

True faith

True faith is not believing that life will change to favor you. It is recognizing that you hold the power to thrive in spite of what...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 8

Deconstructed: A Series of Haiku

Birth is beautiful, it is bloodshed and membranes spilled out on the floor... Do you see beauty in process and creation, or does blood...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 8

Beloved Sweater

I say goodbye to my beloved sweater - my skin - outgrown and outworn I shed, bittersweet... You who have carried me all these years, you...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 6

This Is Me

Anarchy: the moth emerging from its cocoon saying, "This is me."

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 6

I am moss

Give me humid warmth and sunlight with occasional mists and I will grow without roots or rains, asking for little, giving everything

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Marieke de Koker

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 31

Purpose II

Find your life's purpose not in doing, but in being

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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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