Earth & Soul Poems 1
The Quest of Me
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"what if the caterpillar wants to become a butterfly? what if the apple wants to become a tree? what if the seed wants to become a grassland? what if the drop wants to become a sea? what if my voice wants to become a song? what if your heart wants to become a star? what if I want to become me?" (Lydie Feltgen, poem “What if”) "I have stepped on the bridge I became the bridge and then I put one foot in front of the other into the void sometimes my heart was burning sometimes it was drowning sometimes it seemed lost in a haze I kept on walking" (Lydie Feltgen, excerpt from poem “filling me”) "If you were the sea and I was the land where else could we meet than at the shore line? where you crush upon me, with the untamed force of your storms where you grind all my broken parts into the hugest collection of tiny treasures not one the same shape and so many origins and so many colours where you endlessly caress each of my curves in the steady rhythm of your breath long or low cradling, longing or upheaving" (Lydie Feltgen, excerpt from poem “At the shore line”) "Let it be autumn and be prepared for the winds to hurl through the very structures of your being sweeping away all that is not meant to last But for now change colour and enjoy the power that does not come from flowering and growing but from slowing" (Lydie Feltgen, excerpt from poem “Let there be autumn”) "belonging to this planet of seas and lands and humans and sunset after sunset laughter after laughter passing through life" (Lydie Feltgen, excerpt from poem “Belonging”)
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About the Book
A selection of 32 poetry texts. In this first publication of her writings, Lydie Feltgen takes you from the observation of nature’s most simple mysteries straight into the depth of human soul evolution. A hymn to the Feminine and a testimony about a woman’s journey towards emotional autonomy. This collection gives encouragement to those who are searching and on their way to themselves. It conveys a profound insight about the subtle alchemy of hope and change. Beautifully stated, each piece is a healing meditation, following it’s own rhythm, where the encounter with “what is” leads to a crossroads and a new path is laid out, a new choice is offered.
About the Author
She had not planned it. As she sat with the ashes, a sudden breeze blew flames upon hidden embers. Shining light on the faces sitting around her creative fire. The scientist, the traveller, the mother, the manager, the teacher, the wife, the hiker. And the child. They started feeding the fire, with their only possessions: quest, beauty, honesty, gentleness, sensitivity, pain, endurance, playfulness. In her turn, she threw her words into the centre. And poetry happened. And she decided to pass it on.
Dr. Lydie Feltgen is a writer, scientist and therapist. Her profound and spiritual connection to nature has taken her from mountain ecology to natural building and finally to MLC©, a holistic somatic therapy.
Born in Luxembourg, she grew up with 3 languages and if asked where she’s from she will say “Europe!”.
From 2004 she’s been connecting people, teaching and project managing within the European earth construction network. Hence English became her fourth language.
From 2015 she’s been exploring new horizons with evolutionary astrology, complex PTSD and body-mind therapies. And in her own inner work and effort to create change, finally reconnecting with her calling to write.
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