Woman (2)(Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(for Annelize, in answer to Elisabeth Eybers)

Life did make her an angel,
other people did notice something holy and beautiful in her
as she was serving God above all things
and His love and kindness did touch her.
In front of her husband as a mere human being she was naked
but as a human he did not deserve such a wonderful wife,
would loose the world and everything for her,
wanted to protect her honour and life with his
as her love and beauty did come from her heart,
although she was supple, slender with a ravishing face,
where as a human she did not want to control him
and day upon day she did astonish him with small and big things,
in a dark world she was his life's light
and he was happy to honour God along with her.

[Reference:"Portret van ‘n vrou" (Portrait of a woman)by Elisabeth Eybers.]

© Gert Strydom