Gert Strydom Poems

I. I did not expect this early spring

I did not expect that after this severe winter
that destroyed flowers, grass and plants
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Now it is winter when trees are skeleton,
stripped bare and have no more leaves
as if they are lifeless
and the weather is grey as if
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Motorcycling along
the N1 freeway
from Pretoria in the north to Cape Town
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We both lost our loneliness completely
as we were drifting extremely nude,
touching lips was only the prelude
as we were drifting in the endless sea
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When the breeze on the sea and land is strong
do not feel sorrow when I am gone
as if I am the only man, the only one
and when my ashes are spreading among
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Spend your time with me until the night end
as we attend a party at the house of a friend
smile and talk to me as if I am someone else
laugh merrily at the jokes our host tells,
while you dance with me where the stairs bend,
spend your time with me until the night end.
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When the wonder of a hexagon binds
I am caught by the very bright beauty
of a tiny white snowflake that glitters,
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Mary, innocent girl from Nazareth,
did you know that the Godly child you were carrying,
when you fell on your knees in prayer
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The road ahead was meandering,
while I drove at a steady speed
taking the path as it did swing
with the wind rushing at my chest and feet,
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Another year will pass
with the magic of spring
where all of the treasure of nature is awakening
and somehow it will be different from the last
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