Just The Same Poem by Gert Strydom

(for Daleen)

Just the same my love stays in these months,
you are picture-perfect like a real angel to me,
where locked-down I see you in my thoughts,
while the most beautiful things between us stay

and I pray that you do not come in contact with the virus,
that God do keep you save in His omnipotence,
that these humble words will make you happy.
Just the same my love stays in these months,

while I entrust all of humanity to God,
I pray that every person will avoid this deadly thing,
while constantly I do cling to dreams of you,
you are picture-perfect like a real angel to me,

Everything has changed and yesterdays slip away,
where I do not know how to build a future again.
Far too slowly hours, days and months do pass,
where locked-down I see you in my thoughts,

Even-though things and times cling to me
where the world do now constantly struggle for survival,
you do are the one that I do remember over and over,
while just the most beautiful things between us stay,

and that which is for me the most important remains you,
where this terrible virus now constantly unfolds,
where too many people die or in pain suffer from it,
and where I beg God to retain you like you are,
just the same my love stays.
© Gert Strydom