In The Here And Now I Think Of You Who I Do Adore (Couplets) Poem by Gert Strydom

Outside the pea-seedlings are ankle-high where they grow,
while in the April-autumn the sun much more dimly glow.

Days do come where the heat with vapour rises from the tar
but I know that to help against this deadly thing God is not far

and in this time there is pain for all people and love in my heart,
where no one can look past the sorrow of another and you and I am apart.

I know that everything will turn out well while God's love do abound
as He do life, times, years and also seasons turn around

and now that the shadows do come and are stretching longer
my longing and missing becomes in moments much stronger,

but as I see the evening-star and the moon hanging in the cobalt sky,
I do know that even if the fears of humanity are very high,

there still is omnipotence in the things that God do
that He does act on His word and do always remain true

and in the here and now I think of you who I do adore,
ask God to protect you and humanity and His love to remain forevermore.

[Poet's note: The seasons in the Southern Hemisphere of the earth are opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere.]