Daleen Enslinstrydom Poems

With a loud cry that cuts
right through the silence of suburban life
an ibis flies into my sight
and lands gracefully on the front lawn.
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When the sun stains the horizon
and the day breaks through
it brings hope and expectation,
an explosion of colours
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Happiness sometimes unravels just a little bit
as in life laughter and tears seems to be caught up as one,
a lifetime seems to be quicker than dreamtime
with answers found and answers lost
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When love breaks through like soft spring rain
and softens the twigs of the heart
and the love-tree buds into opening blossoms
it’s like two hands that find each other,
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It’s never good to be alone
and there is too much time to think.
Nobody should be alone,
especially not a child on a birthday.
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When the clouds gather in the sky
and their thrusting brings about lightning
that lights up the heaven
in a electrical display
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Dreams are like yesterday
and in the night they had all faded away
while all that remain is heartache and pain
and it’s like winds that blow back
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It seems as if the Creator Himself turned over the mountains
in the Meiringspoort gorges,
as if He had assembled cubes upon each other
with their sharp needles pointing towards heaven.
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When the soldiers grabbed Your hands,
feet and body with brutal force
and pinned You down upon the cross
and stained their hands and clothes with Your blood
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When your eyes overflow with tears
and you do question everything to why and what
I realise that you want to turn around,
that you want to break free
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