april 11, 2011 – Boutman

april 11, 2011augustus 29, 2012

Womb

(Wrote this in a period I can describe as my “Dark Night Of The Soul” (cfr St John of the Cross) > in deep despair I felt as if there was some invisible Force, “an unseen hand that pushed me back” to life > since then I know that wherever Life’s journey takes you, in whathever abyss you might find yourself, you have to trust & belief (100%!) that there always is “an unseen hand” upon which you can rely for support, even in the eye of death… Believe our Souls, all Souls are breathing in this “Womb Of Being”. Ave + 🙂

Enclosed I roam from star to star,
I travel endlessly, I whisper and
my breath unfolds behind me as
a vale, a shooting star, a comet
on its way and growing, growing
with each light-year passing by,
O yes, there is much pleasure in this
roaming , it is creation of a Master
Plan and still this roaming is
continuing, and when from time
to time I reach the boundaries of
my confinement, I feel a sudden
shiver, as if some unseen hand is
there to push me back, or could it
be the vale behind that keeps on
coming back, I wonder. So here I
am, inside and out, no matter
how the journey goes, there always
will be worlds to enter and others
then to leave behind, the roaming
will continue , on and on, no
ending, no beginning, so is the
roaming in the Womb of Being,
the cavern of A Master’s Plan.

april 11, 2011januari 1, 2013

Bird As A Prophet

(picture taken through my van’s windshield @ Cap Gris Nez, France)

O little bird how graciously you sing,
while night is darkening your wings,
you are the Herald of the morning,
my hands are open for your offering,
there is my Heart, O little bird, your
soft whisper, your silent touch, I can’t
ignore, O, little bird, you Prophet
of the Dawn to come, my hands are
opening for your offering, my ears are
singing, all in tune, O little bird, my eyes
are closed in darkness, I keep wandering
into the night, breathing in, breathing out,
I offer you my heart, I welcome you into
my Soul, O little bird, how graciously you
sing, while night is darkening your wing.

music by Robert Schuman, Forrest Scenens, Op.82/7, The Prophet Bird

april 11, 2011augustus 12, 2011

Paradise

Shall I then look with both my eyes? Shall
I then see a glimpse of Paradise? Or shall I
look with my eye right, or better still, the one
eye left? O Lord, to have a look at You is out
of league, to dance with You my legs are lame,
but still You keep inviting me, You keep on
looking for my inward eye, You keep on dancing
while my legs are lame, O Lord Your dance really
is out of league, but when blinded, cripple, deaf
and lame I stumble, then I see, my eyes right,
not left behind, O yes, I see, I see the glittering
dome of Paradise, it was the inward eye indeed,
the compass You imprinted in my Soul, as is the
graveyard Light to Souls at rest, so is Your Light
to me, in Peace now I can live, in Love my Soul
with You will be, eternally.

april 11, 2011november 14, 2022

Gavere

voor P. en M.

Wachten tot de wind over het water
dan verkleurt, tot golf wordt, langzaam
opzweept tot aan kusten ogen zich dan
openen om deze geuren te ontvangen,
wachten tot de wind over het water
dan van kleur verandert, wolk wordt
en zich over golven buigt om zee te
worden, één te worden, regenboog
die alle hemels overspant, wachten
tot de wind over het water dan
verkleurt, het is een langzaam wachten,
een geduldig vouwen en ontvouwen
tot vleugels zich over de adem plooien
en dan opnemen, oplichten tot helder
weten, tot doorzichtigheid, tot
aangespoeld het water borrelt uit de
bron die helderziendheid predikt voor
de pelgrims van de hoop, wachten tot
de wind over het water dan dit water
zegent, alsof het wolken regent, damp
geworden golven die nu over al dat
wachten heen een schitterend schijnen
werpen, oogverblindend, O, en kijk
hoe dan dit kijken door alles heen de
waarheid toont, alle verdriet en pijn
plots weggespoeld, iets nieuws, de
wind legt bloot wat ooit in daglicht
onmiddellijk werd gesmoord door
molenstenen, door hebzucht, haat
en pest, gedrenkt in bloed, O ja, het
is iets nieuws, het wachten waard,
het wachten tot de wind over het
water dan verkleurt, en zie: plots
baadt alles in groen Licht, het Licht
dat wordt geboren als de Liefde
oogverblindend zegeviert, zoals dit
Kind dat haver aanbiedt, haver aan
een ezel, langs een haven aan de
Gaverbeek.