Gert Strydom Poems

It’s like new love for life
are in your golden eyes
and I see happiness
burning in them
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There’s a black hair cat
that comes and lies with me
while I wait for you
and the sun
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Today the eastern horizon is yellow gold
and buildings are framed
like pieces of a puzzle
against the sky
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You email a photograph
of a hand holding a baby
and surely all of us,
are in the hand of the Almighty.
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If I could know for what reason
the whys and wherefores happen
and could know the reasons
behind all things,
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I

Let’s drink to life
and love and liberty
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I thanked the gods for you
and you were Madonna beautiful to me
as if something holy
radiated from your heart.
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Flippie comes and lies with me
and she wants to know,
why you are staying away
for so long
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You’re away and life goes on
and I drive to an interview
and my life feels skew.
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If I want to think straight
I will find something beautiful
in the things that lies between us
that comes out of the pain.
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