As the last light of the day.
Behind the horizon fades away.
The ice starts to sing and play.
Don’t walk the ice alone, ha de Gött!
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Frozen bay
Archive for ‘Poetry’
Boathouses
Among the boathouses and jetty’s.
In cold mid winter sun.
A promise of summers warmth.
Carpe diem, ha de Gött!
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Rusty Rustic
Put aside. Exposed to the elements and salty west wind. To rust away. Don’t bother to lock.
Take care of your things, ha de Gött!
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Little forest brook
Ljus letar sig ner till bäcken.
Genom skogens täta grenar.
Leker tafatt med skuggan.
English version
Light makes its way down to the brook.
Through the forest’s dense branches.
Playing tag with the shadow.
You never know what’s hidden if you don’t look, ha de Gött!
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The Anthill
With a light promise
of the spring to come
the anthill sleeps on
Even a little ants bite stings, ha de Gött!
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The Book that didn’t want to be read
The Priest gave me this book
to read in my own time
to find ways to heal
to make odds and ends of life.
It lay there on my desk,
for a long, long time,
then in the book shelf,
finally back to my desk.
Why did I not take the time to read?
Author on the cover looks
confident and trustworthy.
But it was that title.
"There's a lot you don't have to"
I finally challenged the title and has almost finished reading. It’s a really good book on the theme Faith, Time and Love and how to be true to yourself and your time without too many “musts”. The author Tomas Sjödin has been very productive but sad to say I cannot find out if he’s been translated to English.
To read is to discover, ha de Gött!
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Path to Nowhere
There's a path to Nowhere,
I walk alone,
discovering each step Somewhere,
winding on its own.
Each footprint on my distance,
on time's vast sea,
choices in the branching chance,
soon covered in snow.
Swedish version
Det går en stig till Ingenstans,
jag går ensam,
upptäcker varje steg, Någonstans,
vindlar sig fram.
varje fotspår på min distans,
på tidens uppsjö,
val i förgreningens chans,
täcks snart av snö.
What’s hidden in snow, will show in thaw. Ha de Gött!
Mörker / Darkness
English version below.
Mörkret tränger sig på.
Ljuset fladdrar i människors hjärtan,
hoppas att stormen drar förbi.
Ur rädslor väller svart rök,
döljer hoppets ljus.
Blinda tittar vi på.
Glada att inte vi, behöver utstå smärtan,
inte jag, någon annan måste det bli.
Darrar under skuggans hök,
vallas till grus.
English version
The darkness presses in.
The light flickers in people's hearts,
hoping the storm will pass.
From fears, black smoke pours,
hiding the light of hope.
Blindly we watch.
Glad that it's not us, who must endure the pain,
not me, it must be someone else.
Trembling under the shadow's hawk,
herded to dust.
Still believe in the light, ha de Gött!
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Ghosts
Ghosts
shadows, in a wink of the eye,
chased, by the obduracy of time,
flickering, by like ghosts,
Spöken
skuggor, i en blinkning,
jagade, av tidens obeveklighet,
flimrar, förbi som spöken,
All that counts is how did you love, ha de Gött!
Hidden bay
Some places fills you with calm, this is one of mine.
I can sit there, out of the wind and just listen to the sounds.
Waves breaking and swooshing up the beach.
The clicking of the colourful stones.
As they struggle to stay on as the water runs back to the sea.
Just to collect new energy.
Do the same again, but never ever the same.
Remember to stop so you can find your place, ha de Gött!
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