Daleen Enslinstrydom Poems

When God created you deep within me
He left His spirit in you,
His love overflows in your heart
like the rays of the sun.
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With brown stripes in his eyes
he peeps at me
as if he does want to say:
“Mom, did you loose some of your love for me?
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You are always a part of my summer,
of my endless tomorrow
and you are more than just a mere image,
more than just something that I conjured up.
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Last night I had the most amazing dream,
I dreamt about the awakening of spring,
of all the hopefulness
of the blossoms on the trees
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When the sun’s rays peep into my room
my eyes catch the roses that you have left on my pillow.
There is a red rose for every tear that I have shed,
a white one to heal my broken heart,
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In the kitchen at Meals on wheels
she is like the lady with the lamp,
she dishes out food with love
in a hundred and ten small bowls
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It is heartbreaking when life seems to be unfair and unjust
and the privileges of having it all are reserved for only a few.
It’s difficult when emotions and experiences
are caught into one thought
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Since my first memories I had a thing for shells,
you can call it a fascination.
I had never seen the sea
but I knew about shells.
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The sunbeams reflect on the water
where we spent the day at Nigel dam,
where you and Hannes prepare the fishing rods
and struggle to drive the pegs into the rocky soil.
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On his face you can see that he is getting old,
and he is almost seventy years.
Punctually he is on his post
sweeping my yard with his homemade broom
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