Awoken from a decade long slumber
with the sobering realization
that everything I thought mattered
could disappear in an instant
That I could never be more wrong
than believing that love didn’t matter
I cared so much
about what I would leave behind
when I’m gone
that I never stopped to wonder
about what the world might leave
in me
when I say my goodbyes
I found myself in another’s eyes
and glanced in the mirror
seeing who I could be
if I learned to love
and I found I still had a heart
that knew how to dance
that knew how to feel
deeply
unhesitatingly
radiating from the core of my bones
the same bones that danced as a child
in the warm summer rain
that lived and loved
fearlessly
© 2024 Marieke de Koker
Photo: Marieke in Pretoria, South Africa © 2009 Helena de Koker
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