Daleen Enslinstrydom Poems

Love is medicine for the heart
that can make despair disappear
and cause a knight to appear.
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It was very early in the morning
when old Jafta waked me and Mieta up
as we did ask to travel with him
to the milk depot.
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I

Dear mister postman,
the teacher asked me today
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At a white painted house near the foot of the mountain
in the Great Marico district my heart belongs
where the everyday life comes to a standstill,
life has got a different pace
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In the basin the old wrinkled hands are quiet for a while
and her head is bowed in reverence
while a tear runs down her face
and if you should ask about it
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When the winter cold
creeps out like a old memory
without warning
the days get colder
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Darling, come and lay down with me
for a little longer
just before the dawn colours the horizon
and come and whisper sweet nothings in my ear.
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As for every thing in life,
all good things comes to an end
and even the most exquisite flower withers,
ice do become water again
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Far from reality and into eternity,
everything that I do think at this moment
belongs to you.
Far from tomorrow and every horizon,
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We are like two ships,
carved out of heaven's wood,
made to sail the seas of life
together to the glistening shore.
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