Genio (Halvdan K. Engen) is Norwegian, 58 years of age, lives and works as an artist in London. 
He works as a painter, singer/songwriter and writer. Sometimes his songs and poems merge and it’s 
difficult to find the differences; on the other hand, they’re far apart.




 

power of love

*
the power I call love
is so strong so strong
opens up
for dormant enchantment
tears the veil
in front of me
so I can see
you

*
the roots of my ability
to suppress myself
crumbles away
it’s the magic
of sublime love
I embrace you
to tell you
love is
to be free

*
to feel
is the melody of wisdom
listen
the oracle of love
tells about harmony
to follow the direction
of the passionate
heart

*

insanity
is the word
fire-tongues use
when I direct
my own roads
on the outside
but thanks
to the extremities
of insanity
when the narrow-minded
get problems
‘cause love
detest
any structure

*
in a society
where the game is
diamond cut diamond
where superior force
is protected
by sections of capital
love
is locked up
but it can’t
disappear

*
to use the power
of money
is an ignorant therapy
suppressed feelings
will one day do mutiny
they can’t be bribed
or forever subdued
love
is the vitality
of life

*


love is tenderness
closeness
an affectionate hand
but when power burst
from gagged prisons
from impotence and doze
to live free
be munificent
it’s also
an untamed
fury

*
when intuition
is pure
in it’s poem
and don’t speak
through mud and filthiness
I pay attention
I’m aware
I’m curious
to the path of creativity
I’m open 
for the origin
of love



listen

*
when darkness
mutilate the hope
and merges into your shadow
then
listen to the light
in the voice of your soul
a breath of life
in its suit of spring

a longing
has begun



to believe

*
it looks as
I never
stop believing
in love