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

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

steady

at a loss

you lie down straight

needing a word with the universe

palms up

eyes closed

breath quiet

you're resting in a big invisible

heart-shaped cradle

sketched with a light brush

imagining

your mystical twin

by the look of her dressed

in a martial arts suit

onyx black

blade-sharp trousers

open kimono jacket revealing

the softness of her cleavage

on her feet trainer-style ballerinas

you see her through the looking glass

of your own concentration

and hers

the onyx black suit quiver

pouring rain as will power

until now you never saw her

only sensed her with your bodymind

glimpsed her

smiling rose-lipped

at you painter's antics

looking lovely relaxed

but focused

clearly at work in her work clothes

standing holding keeping

while you're cavorting

she's the black behind the rainbow

you're wallowing in

she's the robust alpha point

behind your expansive expressionism

you feel blue

you see red

sometimes you're green or yellow

or even in the pink

but she's your steady

standing in the middle

propping up the rainbow

standing sentinel under its arch

absolutely absorbing

your crazy quasar-like

colour frenzy

into her onyx black

just holding the black wholeness

giving it space

not spectral but black ground

your background

holding the sacred snake

holding the alpha black

lifting the rainbow high

as an arch to the sky

lifting it like a string of pearls

like a bridge

like a baby

like a treasure

like a trophy

she's your foundation

you're her foundling

leaving her for now

slowly returning to your room

you know she'll always be there

steady

like black

leaving her to do her work

standing like a pillar

quivering black vigour running

through space without a sound

you feel grounded

safe to create

Vera Kelgart  (with self-healed Lemuria crystal)  2018

surveying

when you're walking

getting into a groove

half closing your eyes

moving your feet to the beat

it feels like walking inside your own heart

your bare feet barely touching

the ground

you're sinking deeper

away from everyday

imagining

you in a black t-shirt dress

with classic cap sleeves bateau neck

just simple cool summer cotton

flapping in the breeze

an oversized blackbird's wing

against your sunny legs

you've taken off your sandals

flip-flops made from palm leaves

carrying them in hand

the better to feel the earth move

because this is what you do

surveying energies

feeling the lay of the land

the ley lines and latitudes

with the soul of your feet

lines are drawn all over earth

common and confusing as dreams

you're walking the ethereal routes

the skating figure eights of health

the shapes of alphabets available

to the life force of the earth

you don't really know what you're doing

it's just what needs doing

like a riddle needs solving

your busy feet mapping earth by numbers

you're a blackbird's wing of power

in your t-shirt dress

afterwards

in the light of everyday

feeling fulfilled

having connected

energy and people

transworld

you still don't really know how

but this is what you're doing

surveying

Vera Kelgart  (with cradle crystal)  2018

Cleo

daydreaming again

taking a break

from schoolwork

and small squealing siblings

wishing for a mirror friend

someone like you

coming from somewhere to here

closing your eyes for a sec

there's a door before you

the future

heart-shaped calling out to you

walking through

imagining

your mystical twin

looking like you

slender with long black hair

and light brown skin

but wearing a dress unknown

clinging pearly grey sheath

with a silver drawstring at the waist

unadorned cool

in black ankle boots

while you're standing gaping

in washed-out denim and tee

shimmering summer young

like you yet ancient

stepping egyptian-like out

from a mural to real life

such a scintillating girl

her name should be Cleo you're thinking

she smiles and says

she's from heaven and her dress

is a starway

from far away

sliding down a slope of light

here comes Cleo to the rescue

gliding through air

like a teen mother ship

building a shelter of the mind

walking on a comet's tail

in ankle boots so cool

into humanity's group soul

here comes a pleiad

big sister pilot

in charge of the children of the world

you're standing wondering

at a girl like you

knowing you're the same

holding your head so high

walking tall on a comet's tail

Vera Kelgart (with Isis crystal 'Glyph')  2017

sounding board

you're thinking a protective circle

or heart-lookalike shape

snuggling it around you

breathing it in

settling down inside

imagining

you in your work clothes

beautiful dancing in the streetwear

slim black jeans shiny black tee

white hard-wearing trainers

a low-key anonymous outfit

except for your pendant

a gold treble clef

being in a worldwide team

of listeners dressed the same but delicious

at least to your own eyes

listening to people in the street

keeping alert to human interest

following movements like a dancer

athletic empathic

listening to life

people will talk to you and your mates

because you're a sounding board

dancing in your street simplicity gear

jumping to conclusions

landing on your feet

you're listening

beyond the everlasting talk

to the music of the spheres

resting

on a deep bass tone

Vera Kelgart  (with chlorite-included crystal 'Dolphin soul')  2016

real again

for too long
you tried some ceremonial rags on
fitted out and lost
a child in fancy dress
enforced

now you're back in blue jeans
you'll never deny your denims
all of you is real again
you can work
you can play

body and mind
in future will find
spirit and heart
right from the start

back in blue jeans
never deny your denims
you'll team them with a red silk shirt
or a black tuxedo
or an unravelling sweater

real again
all of you
all of you
movable and splendid
in snug jeans



Vera Kelgart  (with crystal 'Dolphin mother')  2015

protecting your colours

walking on a winter's night
looking for the lights on the other side
in the dark you can see yourself
thin and young
a foreign elf

walking in your padded coat
bought in the supermarket
the coat is so shiny black
the quilt panels seem highlighted

black always in black
you hear people whisper
when will she go back
why can't she wear colours

but you need to feel safe

you're so vulnerable
floating like a fetus
in your warm and puffy coat
tightening the belt
your waist looks breakable

there's a frozen image
in your field of vision
to let go of it
you need to feel safe

walking on a winter's night
looking for the lights on the other side
black always in black

but this is what your black coat does for you
it's protecting your colours



Vera Kelgart  (with Lemuria crystal)  2014

night jeans

you come from night
a rich black scenic curtain
behind the lives
of even the poorest people

night
the rich black scenic myth
of your early life

day is reality in jeans
day is easy to know
isn't mythic
is just now

but night is part of
the start of
you before reality
a quality
you want to be part of

you love night
its rich black scenic curtain
you're shaping it into hearts
trimming with pearls black shiny

you're patchworking
on your day jeans



Vera Kelgart  (with citrine channeling crystal)  2010