Love You. Good Night.

I’m not just a thing that you keep in your room

I wasn’t put here for you to consume

Just to speak when asked to and told what to do

And left to get dusty when I become inconvenient for you

To think when you don’t see me I stop to exist

That a kind word can make up for the days you have missed

You forget, actions speak louder than any word you say

‘I love you my darling’ – but you are never here to stay

The room’s getting darker, would take two to keep it bright

Maybe tomorrow – ‘Love you. Good Night.’

By Verena Zyla - 24/08/2013

The Loved Incurable

Oh how carelessly you treat the things that matter most and how hastily you embrace the things that have no meaning to end up empty-handed.
Have you no mirror to see the emptiness in your eyes?
Everything so delicately built, how thoughtlessly you shake the foundation we've laid, until the walls crack and the roofs fall.
For me to joylessly pick up every stone to rebuild what has fallen to dust.

You look at me and smile. 'I love you' you say.
And while I lift the next stone you again walk away.

But I know you'll return when the walls are back tall.
For my light is still bright, yours has become small.


by Verena Zyla - 16/08/2013

I Could Have Shown It All To You

The reason you say it doesn't exist is because you haven't been there
But I got to go there
Because I believed

I wanted to take you too
But you refused to take my hand

I would have shown it to you
And it has the beauty of heaven
And nothing is impossible among those bright, shining lights

But you wouldn't believe me
And I could have shown it to you

But you called me crazy
Though I told you I had seen it
And you could have too

If you would have just taken my hand

... but you missed the chance
And one day there will be another hand


by Verena Zyla - 09/04/2009

A Trip

There are moments when you are far away, but your body is still here.
And you jump from one cloud to another
to reach a valley of flowers
and you paint a rainbow with your hands
while breathing in the sunlight
and you dance in the summer rain
joining hands in love
stealing cherries from a tree
kissing the world
floating in the moment
in a body of no weight
for you are made of love
and love is all you need
and you may not fear the night
for you are protected
entering the moonlight
collecting stars
surrounded by light
just set yourself free!


by Verena Zyla - 09/05/2009

Having Loved

Run with me through the rain of dreams

Where nothing is real, nothing is as it seems

Run and dance and sing and smile

Indulge in this joy, it will only last for a while

Kiss me among flowers and rivers of glee

Look into my eyes and drown in what you see

Let the wind dance in colours, let the darkness turn into light

Let our souls shine brightly in all their might

Don’t open your eyes, reality is not what you presume

It’s just a broken heart in an empty room

by Verena Zyla - 28/06/2013

Farewell Of Lovers

How my soul aches this moment

When you are further than ever

I know you can feel it

Every pinching pain that runs through it

It makes you shake

And still

You take another step

And another step

Further and further away 

by Verena Zyla - 28/06/2013

Now

In love what have I got

more than you

more than I

us?

You make me laugh because I used to have you and I,

I used to laugh with you

I smile? I do now, but it is because you have gone further away. So far away I sometimes need to search for the memory of you.

My memory. A mix of sweet memories and bitterness... balanced in love. Balanced in me.

You. Past. I. Now.

by Verena Zyla - 18/02//2012

You And Me Are Trees

You and me, we are trees
Our roots reach deep into the ground
They reach out so far, they touch

In the spring we both bloom in the sun
And a bird builds her nest way up in my branches
With branchlets she found beneath you

In the summer those freshly hatched birds eat your fruits
And children run around us laughing in the summer-rain

In the fall we turn red and yellow and all our leaves are falling
The wind moves us left and right, we reach out and our branches touch
And a squirrel collects nuts below us, hiding them in the ground
The same ground that holds our roots

In the winter the snow turns us both white and you smile
And I smile
Another year has passed and it was beautiful
We were alive, we were trees

You and me are trees
Our roots reach deep into the earth
Our branches reach far out into the sky


by Verena Zyla - 28/11/2011

Do I Still Care For You

Do I still care for you?

When the snow melted in the spring and the flowers awoke to welcome the spring,
I sat among them and while every single one of them smiled at me,
I scattered tears all over them.

When the flowers went to hide from the hot sun in the summer and cherries were hanging in the trees,
I sat beneath them and while every single one of them was ripe and glowing,
I wasn't able to taste their sweetness.

When the fruits had been reaped and fall came to colour the leaves and they fell to the ground,
I sat in the midst of them and while the wind played with red and yellow,
I tried to catch one but they all were blown away.

When everything had gone and the trees were standing bare the winter came cold and quietly,
I sat at the window and looked up into the sky when I saw the first snow flake falling,
and I went outside and closed my eyes and opened my mouth to catch it with my tongue,
and I thought of you and last year's snow and asked myself do I still care for you?

Just as last year the snow is falling. And again the flowers will bloom in the spring. In the summer we will have cherries and in the fall the leaves will dance in the wind.


by Verena Zyla - 22/11/2011

The Magic Day Of Life

I am waiting for that magic moment
When everything will change at last
And all the waiting will be worth it
And all that time will have finally passed

I will be smiling from my heart
I know that all is meant to be
I know no fear that the day won't come
Just impatience at times comes over me

No word is needed
No single sign
Destiny leads me through rain and sunshine

It leads me to that magic moment
When my heart will open, pouring out all that has been kept inside
Until then I will wander, waiting for that moment every day and night


by Verena Zyla - 09/09/2011

No Where

There is no future
There is no past

I do not want no present
I do not want to feel

I do not want to embrace
this love for which I ought not care

A love that's only taking
A love going nowhere but to you

You missed me smiling
you missed me grow
you missed to hold me
when I needed you so.


by Verena Zyla - 25/08/2011

Whisper

Shhhh I whisper in your ear
A dance in the park at night
Every touch, so slow that it lasts forever
Don't you know that it is the wind that blows to bring us here?
Were you worried we wouldn't arrive?

Shhhh do not say a word
It is the moment of life where everything is
Every word, offensive to its beauty
Don't you know it is the sun that shines to lead us here?
Were you worried we wouldn't arrive?

Shhhh I put my finger on your lips
The cool grass embracing our bodies
Every look, lifting you out of any misery
Don't you know that it is the earth that turns to get us here?
Were you worried we wouldn't arrive?

Shhhh close your eyes and listen
It is the song of life that is playing tonight
Every tone, inviting us to swim in its freedom
Don't you know that this is where life leads you to?
Were you worried you wouldn't arrive?

Shhhh let it last. It is life's secret.


by Verena Zyla - 23/08/2011

Home

I pack my bags wherever I go
I never stay, I always move on
Don't know where I'll go next,
I will go with the flow
As soon as I have settled,
the next moment I'll be gone
Nowhere I belong
Still I belong everywhere
The same moon is glowing
The same sun watches my days
The moment I hold on,
that moment I'll break free
With the wind I travel
crossing land and sea
I may never settle
I may never be tied down
I'll keep on travelling in this world I call home


by Verena Zyla - 11/05/2011

Freedom

I reach out and shout
Freedom! Freedom!
Where are thou?
Have I lost you on my way?

My heart longs for you
My soul yearns for you

No path will I take that does not lead to you
Not one step I am willing to take without you

Freedom! Freedom!


by Verena Zyla - 30/04/2011

Life

And I indulge in every drop of happiness
It pours over me and drowns me with love
I loll in its lust and desire
I dive into its freedom
and fall back into its light
I breath in all its joy
I touch its infinity
and hold on to its ever changing face


by Verena Zyla - 13/04/2011

Waiting

I don't know where I am today
Just passing time and space
Like I'm in the middle of the ocean
Waiting for the shore
No land in sight, just ships passing by
Giving me hope and reasons to smile
I float in the water
I stare at the sky
I gaze to see land
Every moment the moment to be when on the horizon
You stand on a cliff and say 'welcome home'


by Verena Zyla - 21/12/2010

Sunshine Love

Sunshine, heartbeat, sunshine, love
I've been walking up and down the seaside
Sunshine, heartbeat, sunshine, love
You smiled at me competing with the sun
Sunshine, heartbeat, sunshine, love
Kisses, nights to rememeber
Sunshine, heartbeat, sunshine, love
Nothing lasts forever
Neither sunshine, heartbeat, sunshine, love


by Verena Zyla - 22/05/2010

ReBirth

Seems like life has just begun
A moment with those beautiful thoughts
I would not have believed it days ago
Until it embraced me and how I smile now
I smile from my soul
With all my heart
Beloved life, you've just begun


by Verena Zyla - 22/05/2010

Earth and Sky

I am the earth and you are the sky
At times we touch
At times you pass by
But one cannot be without the other

And sometimes you may reach out into space
Looking for something more to see
Remember whenever you look back down
You will always see me


by Verena Zyla - 30/04/2010

Mother Nature

Blessed be you with all your beauty

The beauty of the world is you, your creation

You the mother of me
Mother of my brothers and sisters

You, who's love I always know by my side

I had gone out to learn
Now I come to you, for you to teach me your virtues

Blessed be you with all your beauty


by Verena Zyla - 30/04/2010