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Zywa Sep 3
My prettiest dress,

and little jingles ringing --


in everyone's ears.
Earrings

Novel "The Queen of the Tambourine" (1991, Jane Gardam), Chapter Evening of evenings

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Aug 12
Am I made of glass?

My inner self visible --


and unreachable?
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 2 ("The *******" - 2, 1993, Frida Vogels), June 1951 in Leiden

Collection "Trench Walking"
Zywa Dec 2023
Only noticed in a small circle
and even so
not quite for who you are
      
and what you are able to, almost unneeded
unfortunately that is common
Time keeps going by
      
and later, life forgets
everyone and everything that was known
and then there is no difference anymore

Celebrity is a lie
pinned on a beacon
It does not matter
      
but sometimes you sit around doing nothing
and you feel that it is a pity
for your children, your friends and society
      
that you're not of more importance
or leave behind more
Time keeps going by
      
and life forgets what has been
Collection "Summer birds"
Zywa Dec 2023
I do as I like,

Mum stays calm, I don't know if --


I even exist.
Poem "Telemachus' Guilt" (1996, Louise Glück)

Collection "Unseen"
Zywa Jul 2023
So I'm a poet,

which was once just a pose, but --


I conformed to it.
Novel "De laatste kans - De geschiedenis van een liefde" ("The last chance - The history of a love", 1960, Simon Vestdijk), chapter 1-5

Collection "Inmost [2]"
Zywa Jun 2023
Come in, look at me,

look at my inner world, my --


inner wallpaper.
Poem collection "Het innerlijk behang" ("The inner wallpaper", 1949, Hans Lodeizen)

Collection "Moist glow"

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