Gert Strydom Poems

When later than usual
the sun sneaks out like a sniper,
then I do know that it is winter
while the iciness of the wind
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As if stomping out of a dream one night
just as I put out the light
and was blinded by darkness
with red glowing evil eyes
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Its dark and the one light of my motorbike
cuts through the night.
In the distance traffic light upon traffic light
gleams a set red colour
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We were walking in the park,
our little zoo of dogs and you and me.

One was splashing in the stream,
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People make extraordinary efforts
to catch the essence of life,
to be truly living
and some visit third-rate motel
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Who killed all of these
these carcasses of elephants,
buffalo and almost every wild gazelle
vulture calls to its mates
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in my childish tongue we had long conversations
and when darkness came
your eyes were still full of joy and new hope

but far too quickly those days did pass
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Trust me; I know that you love me true
and I love you with everything in me
but God I love the very most
and whatever the cost
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and sometimes to eternity
our love goes strong
as if together we do constantly belong

and I try to love as well as I can,
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There is a new world between you and me
where we find something more than just love,
where we do forget all of the past pain and heartaches,
where we only know about how we feel now.
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