Gert Strydom Poems

How can I have comprehension
of how deep your love lies,
when you fold your hands over me
and pray that my life
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One day I travelled with uncle Sias
and we were on our way to the bushveld
and his expensive German car was loaded,
but just on the other side of Warmbaths
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Johnny surfed on the waves,
till on the day,
that he got his call up papers.
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I placed a coin
upon a railway track
while training at Klipdrift army camp
to go to war.
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One day in jail
and the next
on the throne,
and unlike Joseph,
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The wind and winter bites piercing
and I want to lie closer to you
and outside everything is quiet.
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I kissed a girl
and something more was there,
than the touch of lips
and something of her soul
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I saw death take her toll
and friends and enemy soldiers fall
and maybe they all went
to a much better place to be.
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In the mornings I see Jane passing
and how she walks away,
in the street
and gets smaller and smaller in the distance
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It was at the dance floor
under the Neelsie,
where I saw her sokkie
and every movement
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