Gert Strydom Poems

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What a situation it was at Checkers in the Springs Mall
when our own Pick a Pay was closed on a holiday,
while we had to get food and other necessities,
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My God, I thank You for the rain that does fall,
for Your many blessings great and small,
for daily being alive in a time of strive,
I pray that You will help us in our daily life,
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after Vincent Oliphant)

When I look deep in your green-brown eyes
I see that the world looks different:
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But once bloomed that crimson rose
which could stand with her head held high,
against life's darkest sky.
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Every day
the blue curtain appears,
unless white clouds
linen it off.
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One day at the hotel 224,
a beautiful girl crossed
the street to talk to me
and her words “how’s it”
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I saw a man Saturday,
standing at a robot light
with a sign,
which stated that
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Is there an animal
that hides in every heart
and waits for a chance
to materialise?
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Do not look
for fairness in this life,
for you will not find it
as the reason to be living
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If you stay away from work
just like you want to,
there is a price to pay for it
since no man lives without duty.
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