Daleen Enslinstrydom Poems

If words were glass that could splinter and break
hearts would have been wounded and torn into pieces
but sometimes words do just that.
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Being infatuated with love
many battles have been won and lost
from Adam who had lost paradise
due to his love for Eve
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My husband, getting to know you
is to love you
but to understand you
is a total different thing.
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while the sun sets
through the bareness of the winter trees
I take your hands in mine
for comfort and a little bit of warmth.
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Will our country be able to withstand the lost
when our icon dies?
Shall we be able to overcome the lost
when death sets in?
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You will always find her on the porch
with her grey head bended,
her glasses shifted just right
and with her embroidery on her lap.
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You are my morning sun
and I want to grow old with you
and I want to share
every next morning in my life with you
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While the moon hangs low
as if it’s dripped in blood
and the roar of thunder
echo through the air
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Don’t we all paint
With the paintbrush of life
On our own canvasses every day?
Sometimes we paint beautiful landscapes
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Mentally and physical disabled
were the words
that the doctor used to describe him
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