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You never knew me
By the time I was free to be myself, you were long gone. Distance is a wall and silence builds it brick by brick. And now, where are we standing? Between gaps in time, the words always come too late. Oh, how I wanted to show you all that I am, all I have to...

Marieke de Koker
Jul 30


Letters I never sent
My pens and papers have transported you here, near, ever dear; my ever faithful listening ear; as I whispered, serenaded, screamed and cried into the abyss...

Marieke de Koker
Oct 9, 2024


My Ship
A ship that spends its existence anchored in place will never fulfill its destiny, never to set sail on the wild tides... Will you

Marieke de Koker
Jul 31, 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


We were not made
When I am with you all rules of the world melt away, for we rule in heart and spirit. Our selfless love is rebellion. We were not made for this...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 25, 2024


Become
Their hands do not write with ink, but speak a language of their own: the word of the hand, where words become silence, become touch...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 25, 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


This Is Me
Anarchy: the moth emerging from its cocoon saying, "This is me."

Marieke de Koker
Jun 7, 2024


Purple haze
Though my mind grows weary, every cell in me has a soul and they are all calling out for Purple

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


Alone Together
Can we be alone together? So that I may have my secret solitudes and follow my whims of the day, and you’ll be an arm’s reach away? So that I can show you...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 5, 2024


Nightmare Song
You are my purple-hearted fairy: everything you touch sparkles, your words curve my mouth into a smile, your fairy dust the ink that fuels my pen...

Marieke de Koker
Jun 3, 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


My Mirror
Standing there, we are the infinite magnification and amplification of each other. But with light too powerful...
We will inevitably

Marieke de Koker
May 31, 2024


Meeting You Is
I can only accept what the universe has ordained as you unwittingly unravel my life to reveal all along I’ve been...

Marieke de Koker
May 30, 2024


Fire and Rain
I swim in the oceans of Neptune, I run across the plains of Mars, and make love on the Moon...

Marieke de Koker
May 29, 2024


Bliss Chasers
"I love because I love," becomes a complete statement. And we are bliss chasers not of need but of want, for who would not want to feel the warmths of the...

Marieke de Koker
May 29, 2024


The Patient Dragon
Let me not feed my inner beast, my most magnificent and exquisite beast. I pray that cold shoulders will keep her dormant, stunted, and frosts quell her thirst. Waiting for...

Marieke de Koker
May 28, 2024


Divine Chaos
My existence is rebellion, my love for you pure anarchy. My radical acceptance leaves me smiling as the world burns down...

Marieke de Koker
May 28, 2024


Lonely Are We
Lonely are we who love too much and must be cast aside to appease the limitations of the world. Have they all...

Marieke de Koker
May 23, 2024
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