PER JOSEFSSON

PER JOSEFSSON

For Ever More

I was awakened

By a playful sunbeam

Who teased and tickled

My drowsy eyes

I took a deep breath

My lungs got filled

with the sweetest fragrance

I’d ever felt

My love forever

Laid still beside me

Resting peacefully

on clouds of dreams

I was upfilled

with endless love to

the one who gives me

love and meaning in life

And then my soul rose

Quite unexpectedly

The tallest building

Looked up at me

So I thought of

what she said to me

The little one

My everything

She always says

That she is mine

To her last

eternal breath

And I am hers

As long and longer

So forever

Is just a part

And in this after-life

We both will rest some

But in the next life – and after that

I want to share – each day – each night

With you, my love – forever more!

For you have found – my deepest inside

You have kissed it – and made it strong

Breathed life into all - that was forsaken

I am but yours – forever more!

Two Pairs Of Shoes

Two pairs of shoes

That couldn’t find each other

Because the left one

Wandered off into the woods

And the right one

Wandered off to the beach

But finally one day

Both of them

Went the wrong way

And wandered and wandered

And searched for a straight way

When they finally

Came to a crossroad

Where they both again would meet

This way my life was like

I felt like a pair of odd shoes

I felt just like I was missing

Missing the other half

I wandered through life

Maybe jumping on one leg

Until I finally found

My other first half

My soulmate

My pair

So now

We’ll always wander off together

Together

For ever the right way!

                          

Forever Yours

An angel woke me up in my dream so bright

It gently took my hand and smiled

Carefully we rose towards heaven so white

Glancing over meadows, hills and lakes

-I’m sorry – are you Gabriel, the arch angel?

-Has my walk upon this earth reached its end?

-What will then become of all my dear ones?

-And all the things I’ve left undone?

-No! Be calm! He said to me

-I am but a newborn little angel

With a very special task

-So, please, levitate with me

-Your walk in misery is hereby over!

-Look out! We’ll land pretty soon!

With flowers heather-red – on my meadow

I stand, I hear – something far away

 someone softly gently whisper

my name so brilliant crystal clear

Then suddenly - there right before me

With a seven heaven’s smile

An arch angel with golden hair

And a voice -  oh, so rare

She spreads her bright white wings

and says: It’s you I have waited for!

-Let me be yours - forever

Yours forever – in every life!

When someone opens

the gates of heaven

Your knees get week

and your throat gets thick

Your voice starts trembling

but God will see

A lonely wanderer

who won’t give in

You give me hope – you give me strength

My angel – happiness and belief

All I’ve wished for – but thought unlikely

Has materialized – right here, right now

May hours pass – may time go by

Let worldly things have their way

For it is you – and only you

Who makes me live – who makes me stay

To share with you – our time together

Is what’s important – just like that

Worldly things are of no importance

For you mean everything to me!

On a sea shore – with sand white sea shells

The sea breeze gently – twirls your hair

Other matters – are have put behind us

We are you and me – forever now

Not of this world – we were at all

But together – we’ll be forever

Thank you, God – the gift you gave us

With your grace - we’ve come this far

Oh, humble tears – of human gratitude

Flows like a river – that never ends

I beg of you – your hand in marriage

                            In every life – forever yours!                          

My Life

My life – I felt

Was like a voluminous book

With many pages

Yet unwritten

Pages that I so dearly

Wanted to write

Together with the one

I truly love

The one who loves me

For who I am

Time has passed

Years have gone by

Lots of water has floated

Under the bridges

Many a sunrise

Has aroused my feelings

Many a full moon

Has given me hope

Hope that finally

The prayers of

My lonely nights

Would eventually be heard

And so at last I felt

That time would soon be right

And then came the day

It was in springtime, I remember

For the white Peonies bloomed

In my garden

Suddenly the door of future

Flew open with an enormous BANG!

I saw you – my love – for the first time

The one I had awaited – for so many years

I knew it was you at once

You and no one else

I never never gave up hope

To find the true love meant for me

And all of a sudden

You just stood there – right before me

And smiled so earnestly

So there and then

I surely knew

That true love does

Exist for real!

Everytime

Every time I hear it

”What a wonderful world” with Louis

Each time I wish there was

Such a world – even for me

A world where the words of beauty

Were told and really true

Without a mental reservation

Or sly and cunning calculation

As I have seen and experienced

Time after time after time

I hope this world

Will reveal itself

And open up even for me

So that even I can step in

Light as a feather and released

From the ordinary grey reality

I hope it soon will be here

So that I can feel its presence

As a solace in the rain

For my soul – filled with longing

I put on Louis’

“What a wonderful world”

PER JOSEFSSON

PER JOSEFSSON is a writer, poet, novelist and translator. He is also a book publicist, a graphic designer and a language teacher. Have translated several books of poetry and anthologies and participated in numerous poetry festivals and book presentations in different countries. At present he is publishing 2 books of poetry and 1 collection of short stories. As a language teacher he is educated at Lunds Universitet and as an illustrator and graphic designer at Konstfack in Stockholm. Working as an illustrator and graphic designer has given him many commissions in the book- and advertising industry over the last 30 years. Born in 1957 and living in the south of Sweden. Close to the cultural life in Lund and Copenhagen. On the threshold to the European continent.