gospel of small steps

horisontal in the shade

barely existing

longing to be vertical and busy

on sunny planet Earth

you can’t lift an arm to seize

you can’t lift a leg to flee

still

dreaming is possible

so you close your physical eyes

hoping to see with your second sight

imagining

your mystical twin

a strength coach from Heaven

teaching a gospel

of small steps in the sun

healing the broken people

teaching the gentlest exercises

to the crushed

just one small movement of one finger

then another small movement building on the first

your strength coach is flourishing

alive in spirit and body

but like a statue serene

his biceps sculpted

his man bun blond and sweaty

in black t-shirt and red boxers black-dotted

he’s like a friendly masculine

ladybird in flight

in the sun

yesterday you couldn’t move a foot

today you can move one foot a little

tomorrow you can move both feet a little

maybe

in a few weeks you’ll try walking

Vera Kelgart  (with Herkimer diamond ‘Heart’)  2022

About the mystical twin

Readers sometimes ask how to understand 'the mystical twin' of the poems.

The mystical twin is complementary to the 'you' of the poems. Someone who is needed to fulfill the 'you', bringing drive or diversity.

This could mean an unknown friend, a teacher, a spiritual guide, a dream lover, a future workmate.

Also, the mystical twin represents the fascination and mystique of the world outside 'you'. Nobody is self-sufficient!

visit from the future

going to sleep

or rather falling 

soul music playing in your ears

science homework forgotten

you’re dreamfreezing into

a clairvoyant work of art

a live statue

imagining

your mystical twin

a soul singer shooting his voice

through your black net shirt

like an arrow of gold into your heart

awakening your body and soul

you were born in these mountains

but you’ve always felt extraplanetary

nobody in this place has ever had

a soul lover

no male in this place except you has ever had

a dream about a black male soul lover

he’s visiting your dreams

not in his video glitter

but a lone wolf’s everyday jeans

and worn cotton sweater

like sweet real life

saying you’ll be alright in the future

you’ll get what you want in your life

in the future

keep yourself safe

like a pearl in an oyster

grow and learn

whenever you’re listening to my music

whenever you’re wearing your black net shirt

I’ll come to you

like an arrow of gold

Vera Kelgart  (with self-healed dolphin crystal)  2022

sea kid

your waterbed feels like the sea

rocking you gently

dreamy on warm waves

your arms falling fingers touching

the sea floor

sleepy beauty you

blowing dream foam bubbles

safe

sinking into

the white opaqueness of timeless

imagining

your mystical twin

a sea kid from Atlantis

in black and silver fish skin jeans

and shirt of sea silk

with black and silver fins

you’re following him at work

measuring human wavelengths

reading the stars like the captains

on the black night ocean

he says try something new

don’t just stand there and wait

for Atlantis to fade

grow black silver shimmering

shark skin jeans

grow big human fins

your mystical twin

turns into a misty crystal

you wake with a start

Vera Kelgart  (with etched transmitter crystal ‘Waves’) 2022

starlit

understanding it in your sleep

your body has started a star

you’re snuggling with blankets 

over visionary eyes

imagining

you in your cool pyjamas

silky delphinium blue

crisscrossed by links

comets connecting the heavens by numbers

in the small slope of your womb

a new star is folded

and will be born in time

covered in news stardust

you’re giving peace and space to the news

walking the sky like spirit

on soft swimming feet

listening to miniature movements

in the messenger jar of your body

your message is the star you carry

in your pyjamas delphinium blue

you’re dreaming in sync

with life unfolding

Vera Kelgart (with double terminated Isis crystal) 2022