Gert Strydom Poems

(in answer to Thomas Traherne)

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A life that is pure and holy and secure was my own,
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With you life feels like its running to eternity
and each day with you I want to be just like this
and I know you in times of heartache and bliss
where you are far more than just dear to me
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(in answer to Ina Rousseau)

Where mere moments do stretch out between the two of us
like mother-of-pearl is each moment of shuddering and trembling
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(for Daleen, in answer to Louis Esterhuizen)

When I tell you that I do not deserve you
I do see you as an angel in times of darkness
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(for Daleen, in answer to Daniel Hugo)

In life we do together function well,
you are to me past unique,
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Where separate our love silently goes on
I do remember the times of laughter sweet,
where you do live in me while you are gone
and precious are the times that we do meet,
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(in answer to George Weideman)

It's as if the blossoms have greater beauty this year
where the apricot, peach and almond does flower
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My Lord, You do promise to straighten paths,
I beg You to heal me from my sin
where in the iniquity of others their hate lies on me,
where it's as if I do only know the bitter side of life,
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Last night I looked at you intimate and honestly
and in the sober glance of today,
it's still with the same sweet enchantment
and there is something past this scope that I do remember.
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