Gert Strydom Poems

The way that life goes,
destiny at times
is changed by love
sometimes by lust
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The day the paratrooper antitank platoon
went into action
stays with me
with a piece of shrapnel
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The enemy were almost at the door,
coming with tanks, armoured cars,
rocket launching trucks,
helicopter gunship, fighter jets,
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With wonder and joy, like two gods
they are smitten with each other
at the new discoveries
of body, of soul and of happiness,
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The wind is covering everything,
covering with red-brown dust,
burying the present, the past
with a future in which peace
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At the British motor show
in London
I do not know what
caught my eye first
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One summer day we went
with me to Paarl mountain
which glistens white
in the rainy winter season
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The circus came to town
on that field
next to the old lion park
and a dark haired gypsy girl
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What can I tell you
about what happened
after your death?
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With your lovely face
and bright blue eyes
at any time you could disrupt my life
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