Zywa Meeting a friend from the past

A lot has changed, old wishes
have been passed for new
circumstances and memories

remained the way it was
I cherish what we shared
satisfied with what is nearby

We were close and now we search for a hold
as strangers who cannot stay long
from mutual awkwardness

Do we still know each other
and do we want to make a new start
or should we move then?

Let's celebrate who we were
let's celebrate who we are
and embrace each other intimately

 Poem 4108
 Amsterdam, 2021-11-08
 Collection: Local contractions 


Zywa Angel's chicks

We didn't need anything
we just bumped against each other
and lay together, if so, a nest
of friends, who know to find each other
no matter how far we've flown out

Become angels, who would have thought!

Our soul connection
so familiar at first sight
at each reunion - forever young
is my chicken heart then, my skin
of flesh and blood, forever young

our spirit - but oddly
detached are our wings
our cheeks and the air kisses
that escape my lips
or have transcended them

 Poem 1393
 Amsterdam, 2017-06-05
 Collection: From Sacred Scriptures [3] 


Zywa Conbody

Wordless reunion
first, I sense his flanks

his hands over my back
with closed eyes

pressed against each other
who knows the time

Then, with all our muscles
talking our naked self

reflected in the love
of one another's soul: we are

inviolably strong
(though we do have doubts)

Over the roots of breathing
and eating we are singing life

in different words
with the same meaning

 Poem 1371
 Amsterdam, 2017-05-22
 Collection: Without reserve 


Zywa Canal and Lake

You almost cycled on
en route in your mind
but somewhere on the edge
you did see me, standing here

gingerly we take
the frays of the past
feeling, would it be possible
to knot a nice bow out of it

I don't know what you wanted, then
maybe it was like you said
or did you long for more nonetheless?
You came too close to me

I don't know
but this is clumsy
with the bike in the street and so
I live nearby

do you have time?

 Poem 1147
 Amsterdam, 2017-03-07
 Meer en Vaart (Lake and Canal), Amsterdam
 Collection: Heart's Delight 


Zywa Old hunger

You went away, I went on
loving you and out of the blue
there you are at my door
with a sleeping mat

I just sit and watch
You drop anchor
and want to show

all kinds of things, explaining them
with your hands and I have no idea
how this started

It all goes by itself
I am glad
I was home, am home

I make soup
there is rye bread
We are hungry
Old hunger

 Poem 1078
 Amsterdam, 2017-02-25
 Collection: Untwisted 


Very carefully

we see each other again --


taking sips of tea.


Uiterst voorzichtigÄußerst vorsichtig
wennen we weer aan elkaar --sehen wir uns wieder, wir --
nemen slokjes thee.trinken Schlückchen Tee.

 Poem H0460
 Train Assen-Amsterdam, 2013-06-07
 Collection: Heart's Delight 


We arrange flowers

together, and each other --


as well, in our hearts.


Samen schikken weWir arrangieren
de bloemen, en ook elkaar --die Blumen, und einander --
midden in ons hart.in unsren Herzen.

 Poem H0450
 Amsterdam, 2013-05-18
 Kad?: way of flowers - is the meditative form of Ikebana: "making flowers alive" (arranging flowers)
 Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début 


Zywa Just like you

Now and then it happens
unexpectedly
that someone smells like you
looks and laughs like you

suddenly begins to dance
just like you
or, out of the blue
says words you once said

At a reception in a large building
I see a man talking to a woman
and yes, I long for you
because of him, his constitution

Hey, don't you remember me?
Come on!
he laughs jovially
It's him, and not, I know him
differently, cooler, more special

We start a neutral talk
in search of a goal
that is empty
not defended or too late

we play by feeling
neither of us is free
we fail to come closer
in public and to match again

 Poem 140
 Amsterdam, 2010-01-23
 Collection: Take a picture, now 

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