Gert Strydom Poems

You do give to me the bread of life
and stand at my side in the hour of need,
do meet me at the day-break
do protect me against each demon, man and beast.
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(for Daleen)

Intimate, intense and sincerely I do love you,
you do turn my life and thoughts upside-down.
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(for Daleen)

Around me the world does constantly change
while science build things with heartless might,
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(for Daleen)

You do turn my life upside-down
and do bring the very best like this together,
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(for Daleen)

Last night my verses to you I did express,
with stars twinkling in the sky
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Everywhere my enemies do gather around me
while You alone do fight the battle for me,
when I lay down it is safe when I rest in You,
I am constantly aware of Your benevolence
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My Lord, You do hear my prayer
and without Your help and friendship I am lost,
speechless I am in my own inability
and my misery and worries You do notice.
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(For Daleen)

Let me feel your breath against my face
when right against me you suddenly do awake,
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The child use pieces of crayon,
draws a giant tree dark brown
with grass green leaves and bloody red fruit
that hangs on the branches
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(For Daleen)

It's on days like these that the summer sun
does get a own glory, where purity is
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