Gert Strydom Poems

(Written on 7 December 2007 to R)

There was something wrong on that day
when you cursed me, did break my laser disks
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(for Daleen, after Lord George Gordon Byron)

Love is much more than just desire
it's a gift and blessing out of heaven,
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(Written for Minette on 31 May 1990)

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Too white and bleak was your face,
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Their prayers were like an ominous spell
before those pastors send my career to hell,
that I could not work under any authority
to other employers they did constantly tell,
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You do give to me the bread of life
and stand at my side in the hour of need,
do meet me at the day-break
do protect me against each demon, man and beast.
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(for Daleen)

Intimate, intense and sincerely I do love you,
you do turn my life and thoughts upside-down.
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(for Daleen)

Around me the world does constantly change
while science build things with heartless might,
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(for Daleen)

You do turn my life upside-down
and do bring the very best like this together,
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(for Daleen)

Last night my verses to you I did express,
with stars twinkling in the sky
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Everywhere my enemies do gather around me
while You alone do fight the battle for me,
when I lay down it is safe when I rest in You,
I am constantly aware of Your benevolence
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