If Ever I Can Travel On The Road Poem by Gert Strydom

If Ever I Can Travel On The Road

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If ever I can travel on the road
that meanders the blue-green sea
it will be such a thrill that I would be happy
and I would probably see on the waves a passing boat
with sails billowing in the wind contentedly
but destiny has put on my shoulders an age-old load.

I would love to dance in the splashing rain
while lightning bolts thunders down besides me
like at a party with disco lights it would seem jolly
and I will see them flashing past again and again
while I felt from all obligations free
but my body is filled with a kind of terrible pain.

A rose opening in the morning at my door,
or a evening primrose welcoming the moonlight
would be quite a lovely sight,
would be something I could give to someone that I adore
but everything perishes as if cursed to death by the night
and so my garden is vexed forevermore.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Pradip Chattopadhyay 12 February 2013

whatever we pine for is always cruelly snatched away. Very lyrical and versed beautifully.

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Gert Strydom

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Johannesburg, South Africa
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