Neeltje
„Hier aan de kust, de Zeeuwse kust
Waar een ieder onbewust
In het Duits wordt aangesproken
Waar de ketting is gebroken
En alle schepen zijn verbrand
Maar er is niets aan de hand“
Neeltje
Neeltje comes from far away.
From a time
when humans and sea were still one.
She was not a name,
but a feeling:
safety within uncertainty.
Then came control.
We built, explained, measured—
and forgot
what cannot be measured.
Yet something returns.
A quiet remembering:
that true safety is not only created,
but felt.
Neeltje is still here.
Quiet.
And present.
