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The Scream
I screamed. And screamed. In a diamond strong rage forged by mountains of force and bleeding earth. I screamed, "ENOUGH." To my darkness: You do not own me. To evil: You will not rob me. To my...

Marieke de Koker
1 day ago


Fading
Fading like fireflies, rushing past our destiny, we lose...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 15


The World Is My Sister
The world is my sister, as broken and human as I. Forgive her shortcomings. Love her for...

Marieke de Koker
May 31


The Rebel
You, who rebelled against nature and declared belonging a loss: For to be is not to be. "The world is my oyster and I am its pearl. No..."

Marieke de Koker
Apr 29


Neverending Story
The deep clouds have brought their storms, both destruction and nourishment bring about change, for one must die to be reborn

Marieke de Koker
Aug 2, 2024
Greatest Gift
I, who give too much to this world of endless need, when my shoulders grow weary from the weight of change you give me wings to fly and light up my eyes. You are my hope...

Marieke de Koker
Jul 21, 2024


I am impossible
I follow my heart and it shows me things I never knew was possible, because the heart is far more intelligent than the mind

Marieke de Koker
Jul 19, 2024


Transcendant
The wind sends her whispers... Traveling through time itself to speak wisdoms and fill our hearts, we stood there listening to this language

Marieke de Koker
Jul 8, 2024


Nothing and Everything
Do not ask me to choose between the sun and the moon, between night and day, between earth and sky and water... for I could never choose...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 20, 2024


Empty Wall, Full Heart
There is no greater inspiration than an empty wall, I will give away all of my paintings so that the world may become my gallery... My joys

Marieke de Koker
Jun 19, 2024


Fruits of my Heart
Just like the soul that reveals itself in a fleeting dream only to be buried once more in consciousness... Whomever is learned in the wisdoms of life will know where to find me: My greatest treasures...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 15, 2024


Detachment
I have nothing and I have everything: in nothing the world is my oyster. Nothing to lose, only to gain, each...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 15, 2024


Deconstructed: A Series of Haiku
Birth is beautiful, it is bloodshed and membranes spilled out on the floor... Do you see beauty in process and creation, or does blood...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 9, 2024


Rain Dance III
I shelter not from thunderstorms but run into the heavy downpour arms outstretched, I laugh gleefully like a lovesick drunkard...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 6, 2024


Marry Nature
Each day is full of endless possibility: She gives so much if you only dare to See. In Nature’s eye there is no right or wrong, there is only...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 6, 2024


Namaqua
My awakening is Namaqualand in August. I am bleeding orange, pink escapes from my lips, purple appears in my dreams at night...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 5, 2024


Spirits Flying
I pass you on into the world as you pass me on: like ripples we grow, our spirits flying to the edges...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 5, 2024


One With Beauty
You said, “Do not be afraid, I want you to look. Do not hold back, I want you to feel. I want you to feel everything."

Marieke de Koker
Jun 1, 2024


Resilience
I am the weed that grows through concrete, I am the diamond emerging from volcanic pressures, I am resilience. Not because I fight against..

Marieke de Koker
May 31, 2024


True Beauty
True beauty: I see it once and in its absence the profoundness of that beauty unfolds itself, the all-encompassing resplendence imprinted...

Marieke de Koker
May 31, 2024
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