Gert Strydom Poems

Some times I wonder if God only knows
how I struggle in the depth of my throes
to find the right clear words to express love to you
while I do take destiny's blows
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How chilly like winter have you been
with emotions of love stripped in the bud
and what dark unpleasant experiences I have seen
as if what love had been between us had been cut
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When from me she is out of sight
in my innermost mind
her eyes do burn bright
and I do constantly find
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In a building there are people singing "Gloria in excelsior"
and it's beautiful like a choir of angels
but I do receive a track that insists on my salvation
and the traffic light does change.
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I

From the place that he calls home
mighty Prince Lucifer rose
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(after Jan Swanepoel)

Behind me the sun shines blindingly bright
and the stormy wind devours along with me.
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I have not seen the spark of life
and yet I do know that it does exist
as people, animals, trees and plants
are alive all around me
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In the winter outside it's already dark
where we sit in the bus, ordered to a determined trip
and vague acquaintances from the daily coming en going do rise
while some others do dare loud conversations.
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Life is a gift, a chance to exist
and some people have been great
while others will be greater still
and we do shape our life as best we can
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Life is a gift, a chance to exist
and some people have been great
while others will be greater still
and we do shape our life as best we can
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