Love Poem 11: Time is Ours

Time is Ours

A love poem about the power of love. For the very first time, Femke is reciting some of her most beautiful and vulnerable English love poems. A collection of Dutch poems and one of Englsih poems will be published later this year.

(c) 2024 Femke Elisabeth Bakker - If you share these poems with someone, either in writing or speaking, please mention the author. Thank you.

Transcript

The time is ours. The lesson of our love, If such a thing exists, Is that time is relative. It bends around experiences, Stretching itself harmoniously while facilitating love. And time is ours. The eternal ticking clock evaporates. History is here. All beliefs about what time can do are lured into the past. What remains is the deep knowing that all with which we try to control life is fruitless. And that elapsed time, Expressed in minutes or years, Says nothing more than, We live. The only thing that matters is to love, And be loved, Here and now, Tasting life together hand in hand. We make time relative, Because now, And now, Yes, Now. The time is ours.

Reviews

This is a sweet reminder to celebrate the here & now. 💖 Thanks 🙏🏻 Femke🌸🤍

I love these poems.💓 I listen to them each morning before I get out of bed. Thank you 🥰