Gert Strydom Poems

People were buying up everything in the shop,
right here at the Springs Strubenvale Pick n Pay
people did not their two-meter distance stay,
with a trolley a lady rushed into me, did not stop,
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I am so deeply caught in you
that we do breathe together,
as if for years I am a part of your body
and in your humanity I am totally lost,
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On a lovely evening of a great sunny day
our feelings and principles became parallel,
even before we really knew each other well
while some did each other cheat, kiss and play
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Sincerely, honestly and with passion I do love you,
the person that you are carries meaning for me,
and my whole humanity is important to you,
where you do view God first above all other things.
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(in answer to Andrew Marvell)

Jealous fate and life does see emotion,
do obstacles between two people drive
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Tonight in the sky hangs a red moon
and so very ominous I do it find,
as if the destiny of man has been hewn,
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While almost all of the world was against You in revolt
You came not with in Your fist the blazing thunderbolt,
nor with the flames falling from a clear cobalt sky
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In Your word day after day I can read about You,
get a picture of a God that loves selflessly,
about the one that knows everything and do notice all things,
the one who can heal deadly deceases.
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Almost out of myself I search for all kinds of answers,
do talk alone with an expert or sometimes in a group.
I thought all kinds of love for me did wither away
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Where stars are in the tree of the night
they do glow in the dark blue-white
when like a cat the moon sneaks higher up
before the red-day brings its bright light
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