their starry eyes

while they were growing

in your womb you fed them

love and stamina and wonders

lullabies from your soul

singing look

look out at the world

it’ll be yours to hold and behold

you swathed them in waves of lilac

the gentle baby version

of the cosmic new age ray

whispering from your heart

look

look out at the world

there’s moon and stars and sun

and sweet animals for friends

and look at the alphabet

it’s for messages and books

about the wonders of the world

words are bridges crossing oceans

and look

look at the kids

your generation

playmates and future lovers

and look

look at you

you too are wonders of the world

you talked to them incessantly

with words and mind and heart

trying to convey

a message of the world

as a precious gift for them

to have and to give

they entered this realm

wrapped in their soul’s expectations

a vision of life like aurora

seen from space

they were born with starry eyes

now they’re teens becoming adults

and they’ve still got starry eyes

you’ve been fearing the disappearance

of this gentle passion of theirs

but it keeps on shining

though they take some hits from life

they are thriving

but sometimes at night

you wake to support their light

in the lilac waves of your inner sari

so you wrap them up again

in the cosmic baby ray

to keep their appetite for life

protecting

their starry eyes

Vera Kelgart  (with Herkimer diamond ‘Heart’) 2023

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