Gert Strydom Poems

Last night you were with me
and the big old dog
could not lie still
and she turned
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For the parrot in its cage
the open spaces,
of the jungle remain
and unfolds in its mind.
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If no man is an island
and if every human being
has an impact on all others,
then why can man not find peace
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Nowhere there’s a place
where I can describe,
what joy you bring me
with every passing day.
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The lives of great heroes,
stars and true leaders
leave indelible imprints
in our thoughts each day.
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The masks that we bear
hide our deepest pain,
which disappears behind the smiles
that we give the whole day
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On one cloudy night you came
while it felt as all the world
was rushing by
and cars were driving
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When you just started working
I took you on a date,
with the candlelight in the Spur
your eyes burnt deep dark brown.
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I meet you at the coffee shop
of Exclusive in Hatfield
and we share some ice coffee
and you admire the rose
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Early in the morning
I see her getting warm
in her small blanket,
while we drive to work.
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