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Claas Roehl Poem
Brisk and dark is this winter night
heavy are my feet as I step outside
I know my path now, I start to walk
away from the last light and into the dark
like the wind swirling around my face
are my thoughts tumbling around like a lost man in a maze
Consumed by exhaustion after a lifelong fight
brisk and dark is this winter night
I am torn already, let go of me you grim storm
I am not turning around I maintain my form
towering black and brutal the forest starts
The trees dance in the wind, as once did our hearts
what happened after this love was born?
I am torn already, let go of me grim storm
Deep in the forest silence awaits
Not long now until I will meet my faith
Not long now until I will see what it is like
to slowly drift away, like thunder after a lightning strike
How vulnerable I am, but how low are the stakes
deep in the forest silence awaits
this could be it, it could be now
i fall to my knees take one last bow
my face kisses the snow, my white freezing sheet
i role on my back and stretch out my feet
I no longer want to ask myself why, or how
this could be it, it could be now
I don’t feel cold anymore, I just want to sleep
and dream of the time when we two had to meet
life gave us the opportunity life gave us a chance
we had it for a moment, perfect harmony like the perfect dance
It slipt through my fingers, it wasn't mine to keep
I don’t feel cold anymore, I just want to sleep
It won’t be long now and everything will be gone
I wish for my dear ones to not mourn for long
I shall be forgotten, the failure that I am
I feel so ashamed and not worthy a man
I whisper the tune of my very last song
it won’t be long now and everything will be gone
I am drifting now, like a boat on a great sea
floating away slowly, to where I can not see
regrets, despair and guilt will soon disappear
I almost feel happy, there is no fear
The man that you wanted, I could not be
I am drifting now like a boat on a great sea
The last thought that I will ever have is about you
your beautiful face and the things that you do
I try to touch you i feel like I am so close
I feel like those days, when we wanted it both
when you needed me too, when our love felt so true
the last thought that I will ever have is about you
Copyright © Claas Roehl | Year Posted 2018
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The world has changed, everything covered in white,
reflecting every beam of sunlight.
What lies beneath is for now sleeping tight.
Winter brings back old childhood memories.
The whole world turned into a giant playground.
Red cheeks, frozen fingers and sleds and skis,
and igloos where we could never be found.
The cold, howling wind was the only sound,
as we rolled a big snowball round and round.
Thin clouds dancing over a blue canvas,
We have just started a wild snowball fight,
No one was ever happier than us,
Those times were just so wonderful and right.
Mom is calling us now to get inside.
The sun is sending its very last light.
When the snow goes the memories remain.
Next winter we will do it all again.
Copyright © Claas Roehl | Year Posted 2018
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Claas Roehl Poem
I take a deep breath
My lungs are burning
The air is like ice
Making my skin feel numb
like it is no part of me anymore
A last bit of warmth lies deep inside of me
But it is slowly fading away
The arctic sky above
Makes me feel so insignificant
In awe I watch
Shimmering colors
Ever changing shapes
Waves of beauty
Rearranging and reinventing
Toxic, glowing materia
Clashing against an invisible shield
I take down my armor
And expose myself
I trust you not to hurt me
How long will it last
How long will it feel good
Before you consume me
Kill every cell of my body
Will I be able to turn away
Or will I keep looking
Can I protect myself
Do I want it to stop
Or is pain better than nothing
Was it a lie
A self created illusion
Was is my fault
Will i ever learn
This dancing sky
Is mesmerizing
I should go inside
And lock the door
Start a fire again
And slowly feel the warmth return
Or I just lie down in the snow
and look up to you
As a tear runs down my cheek
I fall into an eternal sleep
Copyright © Claas Roehl | Year Posted 2019
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Claas Roehl Poem
Don't ask yourself why,
because you will never find out.
You might keep spinning around this question for ever,
getting more and more confused.
You might blame yourself, because that seems the most likely explanation.
That it was all your fault. That it was you who ruined everything.
I could have done this, I could have said that, I shouldn't have done this, I shouldn't have said that.
Don't ask yourself why,
because some things will never make sense.
All good things will end, there is no way around it.
Learn to accept that and you'll learn not to hold on too tight.
Learn to live in the moment, don't fear tomorrow.
Nothing is certain, at least that is for sure.
The only moment that counts is the one that you are experiencing right now.
Don't ask yourself why,
stop thinking, just be. Be yourself, because who are you going to fool anyway, other than yourself? Can you really be anyone else but you? For how long? Is it worth it?
Is it all games? Does everybody want to play? Do you want to?
Who or what keeps you from stepping away?
There are treasures everywhere for you to discover.
But they are not for you to keep.
Don't ask yourself why,
because you don't need to. You don't need someone to answer to you.
You don't need wisdom. You don't need explanations. You don't need someone who understands. You don't need approval.
You need to find peace, you need to find strength, you need to find love. You need to find everything.
In you.
Copyright © Claas Roehl | Year Posted 2019
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