I know now that I

actually am depressed --


in a manic mood.


Ik weet nu dat ikIch weiß jetzt, dass ich
in mijn manische buien --während meiner Manien --

juist depressief ben.sehr depressiv bin.

Poem H6081
Amsterdam, 2026-01-30
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - January 2005, Gnesta (Södermanslands län, south-west of Stockholm)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

I leave the light on,

I'm afraid of the darkness --


here, inside my head.


Ik laat het licht aan,Lass das Licht an, denn
want ik ben bang, bang voor het --ich fürchte die Dunkelheit --

donker in mijn hoofd.hier, in meinem Kopf.

Poem S2206
Amsterdam, 2024-05-30
thought- (Lidy van Marissing) - 2008
Poem "na-" (collection "Zoek de lege gebieden")
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Van Marissing, Lidy 
 

Zywa Night filter

Under the night filter
I lie awake
in hibernation

the blossoms on my skin
dusky grey, luckily
I think that, still can think

something, that's all
and the itching continues
to plague me in my head

where I can't reach it
I can only wait
until it is dissolved

and I feel again
like having cake, luckily
I can bake it myself

when I have the energy
and my thoughts
find the words again

Poem 5413
Amsterdam, 2024-01-22
Night filter: nuit américaine / day-for-night
Collection: Pending rain
 

Zywa Falter

Can people still have a discussion with me?
I can confront you
with my falter
That searching, the slow
which I can hardly bear myself
And what do you think of me?

I'm getting smaller, too small
for everything and everyone
I know, more and more
is falling off my world
Dependent on friends
who need me

So nothing seems to have changed
but it's not like that
not the way it was
not what I was worth
I know too well what it is
to endure the day depressed

It may take a long time
that I'm not there for a while
Lost in unreachable thoughts
until I sound again like
I'm doing better
than I'm telling you

Poem 5164
Amsterdam, 2023-05-07
Collection: Greeting from before
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

Slow lava creeps up

on you and it swallows you --


There is nothing left.


Langzame lavaLangsame Lava
bekruipt je en verzwelgt je --beschleicht dich und verschlingt dich --

Er blijft niets over.Da bleibt nichts übrig.

Poem S1749
Amsterdam, 2023-04-27
I'm not there (Lize Spit) - 2020
Novel "Ik ben er niet", page 374
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize 
 

My energy sinks

away in my head somewhere --


I have a black hole.


Ergens in mijn hoofdMeine Energie
zakt al mijn energie weg --sinkt tief in meinem Kopf, weg --

Ik heb een zwart gat.in ein schwarzes Loch.

Poem H3194
Amsterdam, 2022-02-10
The rat of Amsterdam (Pieter Waterdrinker) - 2020
Novel "De rat van Amsterdam"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Waterdrinker, Pieter 
 

Zywa Sometimes a spooky day

The day has overtones
but it breathes heavily in me

I can play with the themes
and bow to the applause

I can sing a counterpart
exhaust me until the evening

but the nights are too short
to recover, I have to

deliberately fling me into
the struggle, whatever comes of it

A day without suffering
is a day wasted

a day of happiness
is heaven on earth

dreamt without eyes and ears
for reality, a spooky day

Poem 2537
Amsterdam, 2019-12-09
Collection: Bruises
 

I am spurting out

of the sea, it's still too cold --


to die in it now.


Ik spurt de zee uit,Ich spurte sofort
het is er nog veel te koud --aus dem Meer, es ist zu kalt --

om in dood te gaan.um drin zu sterben.

Poem H1070
Amsterdam, 2014-11-30
Letter 801 (Vincent van Gogh) - 1889
Half-hearted death wish
letter of September 10th, 1889 to Theo van Gogh

Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Van Gogh, Vincent 
 

Nothing but canvas

FULL OF PAINT! No one wants this --


yellow symphony.


Alleen maar doekenNur Leinen VOLLER
VOL VERF! Niemand wil er een --FARBE! Niemand will eine --

symfonie in geel.Symphonie in Gelb.

Poem H1068
Amsterdam, 2014-11-29
Brieven 660 en 537 (Theo van Gogh) - 1888
Impasto
Letter of August 13th, 1888 to Theo van Gogh
Letter of October 28th, 1885 to Theo van Gogh

Collection: Look at me 
Tribute to: Van Gogh, Vincent 
 

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