Gert Strydom Poems

(For Daleen)

I
...

When I look at the Milky Way
it's as if from the beginning of time
I do long for you through all the ages
as if I now have you after a big struggle
...

I

Outside all the streets are lighted
while you smell red roses in the garden
and it's as if my thoughts linger with you,
at the morning glories trumpeting over the wall,
...

I have seen lives shattered,
and at times falling apart
as if even years are scattered,
have experienced the pain of the heart
...

Though we do not know each other many years
in each other our love has find a home
as if by God determined through the spheres
...

Without you even the red daybreak fades
and without you
every day, even when its summer
becomes blue and grey,
...

There is a link between the two of us,
with you and me,
as that binding the meandering river
with the great sea;
...

That every new morning is better
when it comes full of sparkle suddenly,
even when summer comes in its full glory,
without you to me is meaningless,
...

Even when the shadows increase
on this lovely sunny summer day
nothing can sweep our feelings away
and its something that never cease
...

I recognize your voice, your cheerful laughter,
when I enter a room full of people
and even your soft steps each day
...