Ode 77
Ode 77
you did not deserve death, sorrow nor grief
you should have lived long lives, in stead of brief
pursueing happiness, fulfilling your dreams,
blue cross through red, mostgolden beams
shadows now, at Utøya Isle of Death,
the vicious murderer a son of Seth
pain, disbelief in thousands of hearts,
wounds so deep, souls torn apart
you are Water and Fire and Earth and Air,
your hopes immortal daughters of heir
across the world a human chain has formed
mourning cries, cross-currents, building warmth
for survivors, lifeguards, unbearable brave
you refuse to ever turn into slaves
you battle, you fight to the finish of days
defeiting the chill, well aware of your entering a phase
of turn of the tides, from anger & grief over catastrophic loss
to tolerating, coping, planting from rocks & moss
new trees for the future birchtree woods,
green leaves for the forest of Robin Hoods
© Susanne Ahlers, Nijmegen
July 2011
you did not deserve death, sorrow nor grief
you should have lived long lives, in stead of brief
pursueing happiness, fulfilling your dreams,
blue cross through red, mostgolden beams
shadows now, at Utøya Isle of Death,
the vicious murderer a son of Seth
pain, disbelief in thousands of hearts,
wounds so deep, souls torn apart
you are Water and Fire and Earth and Air,
your hopes immortal daughters of heir
across the world a human chain has formed
mourning cries, cross-currents, building warmth
for survivors, lifeguards, unbearable brave
you refuse to ever turn into slaves
you battle, you fight to the finish of days
defeiting the chill, well aware of your entering a phase
of turn of the tides, from anger & grief over catastrophic loss
to tolerating, coping, planting from rocks & moss
new trees for the future birchtree woods,
green leaves for the forest of Robin Hoods
© Susanne Ahlers, Nijmegen
July 2011
Reacties op dit gedicht
| Susanne Ahlers: | Donderdag, september 01, 2011 16:09 |
| Hi Y, fijngevoelige reactie, bedankt! Het gedicht heb ik geschreven na de tragische gebeurtenissen in Noorwegen in juli j.l., ter nagedachtenis van de 77 vermoorde jonge mensen & als uiting van empathie met de overlevenden. |
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| Godvader: | Donderdag, augustus 11, 2011 21:01 |
| kijk es aan..nog een engelse dichter op deze site..dit kan ik meer dan waarderen...de beelden die je schetst; mystiek en filosofisch zijn stuk voor stuk raak...soms moet ik zeggen dat je woordgebruik apart is te noemen...ik weet dat ''end of days'' cliche kan klinken maar ''finish of days''?..maar aan de andere kant maakt dat deze ook wel poetisch...post meer van deze a.u.b.:) gr. Y |
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| Auteur: Susanne Ahlers | 
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| Gecontroleerd door: Erwin | ||
| Gepubliceerd op: 11 augustus 2011 | ||
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