Gert Strydom Poems

A track from a kraal
goes direct into the veldt
decked in blood
from the remains of cattle.
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In the pool of the fountain
the sky reflect cobalt blue
and shadows fall over the inner court
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Some similarities do I find
between you and a day in spring
when lovely birds sing
and rain new life brings
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I see the red pink nebulas of Orion
that only You are able to unravel
where other stars still are forming
and there’s a bright white light
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One rainy night at a border camp
in the operational aria
I walked past a tent
and while the wind flapped open one side
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She flees from me
who at a time did my company seek
who once loved me tenderly,
now is wild like a tigress,
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It’s war in my yard
and the ginger Persian cat
lies stretched out
gazing at the trenches
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Black was everything without any light,
in a endless night
until in the brain of the creating One
the miracles of life did come
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Remember the farmer
whose raven turned
into a lovely black haired woman?
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That you have taken her from me
while I loved her truly
as if she was from marriage free
as if she could belong to you duly.
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