Gert Strydom Poems

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
the country has taken a crucial measure,
to let the first ship with its own grain,
the crucial food that many people treasure.
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Alexander Dugan's daughter died by a car bomb,
that was probably for them both meant.
Putin and Russian media accused Ukraine aplomb,
did time in a improbable witch-hunt spent,
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Your face by nature perfectly painted
is a backdrop for your eyes and passion,
where in love you are to me acquainted,
do follow your distinct kind of fashion,
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You sow to me the bread of life
and stand with me in the hour of need,
do meet me at the first light of day,
do protect me against each demon, person or animal,
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To the UN of the Zaporizhzia plant
the Russians do not want to give control,
want to freeze Ukrainians to death on the whole
when the severe winter comes, do not want
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Merry tunes crept from your fingers
when on the piano
you played out your heart,
making it part
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To Tavriske the Russians are near
while they try to get to Mykolaiv City,
more Russians want at Blahodatne to be,
but do attacks on supply-lines at Kharkiv fear,
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I look at her and there is pure magic about
it's as if I am enchanted in a kind of witchery
she draws my heartfelt feelings out
where she has got this great impact on me
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As vague trembles that do You indicate,
Your Spirit burns in me,
while birds do day and night sing songs of praises to You,
I find the same melody in the waves that break,
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My Lord in You alone I find righteousness,
I know that with wisdom You do settle my disputes.
Where you do walk with me day by day
you see how I act in every situation
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