Gert Strydom Poems

The night that peace comes
torches are launched into the sky
like stars
to glide hanging to the ground
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When the killing criminals come
there will be no pistol
or shotgun to protect me
and my family,
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I look at clouds
which sails past
in the blue sky
and it’s almost as if white
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At a time I could say my words
face to face to you,
and you knew
how deep my love is,
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Just one more time
I must love again
and know that she
wants me against her
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We’ll go to the mountain
that overlooks the sea
climb up one of its peaks
and from high
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Nothing can make
a day last longer
but being in love
with the sun.
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Passers by will strain their necks
on the beach
and like fools
stop and stare at your beauty
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From the time I was small
I remember you Mom
praying on your knees
in front of Him
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The bright blue
folds open through the room’s window
and I see rows of purple morning glories
that shoots in domes up to the wall.
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