Gert Strydom Poems

(for Annelize)

In the doves that flutter down around me tranquillity I do see
and sometimes I want to be like the Hadedah ibises that are free,
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(in answer to C. M. van der Heever)

The stream's babbling tranquil sound do disappear
in the night full of stars while the dull golden moon is unclear
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(after C. M. van den Heever)

Wherever I go the shadow of sin follows me
and only You are sanctified, noble, eternal and holy
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(for Annelize)

In a dim grey world you bring gladness
do drive away all of life's pain and madness
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(after C. M. van der Heever)

The orange-red moon rises as if it is sailing in the sky
where the last rays of the sun do disappear
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In the black townships the days and nights clatter pass
while mini-bus taxis are constantly at war
with every bus and train and do protect their routes with murder,
they shoot with AK-47's as they do drive pass
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(for Annelize)

I adore you late at night, at daybreak and in the afternoon,
even if the days of hardship would come without an end,
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(for Annelize, after I. D. du Plessis)

Your love is a pure light
that radiates my whole world
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(for Annelize, in answer to Daniel Hugo)

Your sunny glance is brighter and more cheerful
than the riant suns, moons and stars in the universe
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(after Percy Bysshe Shelley)

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