"eelco" poems
The only time
is now
No future yet
All past gone
A spot in
eternity
forever.
Eelco van der Waals
Sep 18, 2025
Sep 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM UTC
The word is
the root that
grows in the
ground where
the feet stand
that carry you,
forward through time,
with the sound
of your voice.
Eelco van der Waals
Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM UTC
It starts with
a sound in
your head
an ie or
an aa
a pf or
whatever
in your boat
into morning.
So here
you are now,
your sounds
pull on words
like the clothes
that still hang
on your chair.
Once you
shape them
around you
they move
into meaning
of fresh hopes
and wishes
for a new day
ahead.
Eelco van der Waals
September 2025
Sep 19, 2025
Sep 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM UTC
Deeper and deeper
with every breath
at the break of day
Eyes between
open and closed
Circle of light
and freshness
Inward expanding
outward contracting
Infinity in the
palm of your hand
Clarity your companion
for the rest of the day
Eelco van der Waals
15 September 2025
Sep 15, 2025
Sep 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM UTC
Learning by doing,
doing things slow,
slow meaning half of
the speed that you know
Slow down your breath
and the beat of your heart
making things better
make a new start
Slower is better and
good for your brains,
as it helps to avoid
any stress on your veins
Learn to enjoy this
look and see more
right where you are
as you open the door
Take a new step standing
firm on the ground
breathe and enjoy all
the things to be found
Eelco van der Waals
5 August 2025
Aug 6, 2025
Aug 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM UTC
Horizons shift slowly
where we are, here on deck
with open water all around
carrying our boat
to unknown land
with every wave and
wind that blows
This journey has no end
but ports in a row
bringing cargoes and fixes
after rough and calm seas
All questions posed
by currents and winds
you answer holding
your hand on the helm
steering the bow of the boat
with the flow and then higher
to stay on your course
with time on your side
Eelco van der Waals
4 August 2025
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM UTC
The freshness of
the early daybreak
with open windows,
sunbeams in
A blackbird singing
through the curtains
a whole new
morning to begin
This courtyard is
a place of mercy,
an island in a
world of stone
You wake up in
a new beginning
contentness
rising from the bone
So get up, step
into the garden to
feel this newness
in your pores
You've come from far
into this moment
here to enjoy
this time is yours
Eelco van der Waals
17 August 2025
Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM UTC