Daleen Enslinstrydom Poems

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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Why does the night feel so much longer
when it’s difficult to fall asleep
and the thoughts and the things that bother you
are caught up in your reality
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the light is crisp and bright
and the air is fresh and washed clean,
the sky is more radiant and bluer
than the bluest blue
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I miss you like summer rain
when the air around me is stuffy and foul.
I miss your heartbeat against me
like the sound of the rain falling,
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When the summer and its warmth are back,
will they remember
the winter and its casualties?
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In the dark of the night
the shame is veiled
and pain cuts through her
like her like a scorching knife
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She awakes when the summer sun dims,
her eyes glow like radiant gold
and copper and bronze shimmer over her whole body.
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