I'm fallen in love with this righteous tree
Outside my window I can see
him dancing all day and during the night
He shows me gently his lightness and might
...
You're clear and sincere
Merely you fear
To hurt and disturb
With your deep honest word
...
The cradle
of liberty, equality, fraternity
again has earned
tragedy, brutality, barbarity
...
We had a lot of mighty rulers
And many loosers too
We saw a host of warmongers
But seldom men like me and you
...
One Donald is I think enough
I begged tonight the stars above
These politics are not a stroke
And welfare doesn't need no croak
...
Buddhism: to go quiet and a remedy for illusion
Christianity: to trust and a love's resolution
...
He was a prophet and a light
He had faith and he had might
He could heal and could retain
He could loose and he could gain
...
Sitting on top
The world is full of dignity
The early morning mist
...
When fog is besieging the peak
When winds are howling in chasms
When rain is expected
And coldness pervading
...
May your home never lack
a good friend and a snack
May your nights have some vice
and your days little spice
...
I make my deal
I decide, what is real
The business 's getting rougher
Somebody always has to suffer
...
*1957 Study of theology and philosophy in Tübingen, Hamburg and Jerusalem. Work in the protestant church and practise of Zen-Meditation. Dissertation about Martin Heidegger and Meister Eckart - and publication of some books in German.)
Love Song
I'm fallen in love with this righteous tree
Outside my window I can see
him dancing all day and during the night
He shows me gently his lightness and might
His branches sway in soft vibration
In my soul I feel an amalgamation
with you
I'm glad
and grateful
- and this is true -
that I can sway
and dance
and melt
with you
If you love somebody, you think and wish and want his best.
Sometimes you have to step back in order to progress.
Some defeats you only can throw into the future.
Hi Jürgen, I would love to read some German poems of yours. Thanks for sharing, Paul