Gert Strydom Poems

(after Paul van Ostaijen)

Sometimes it's as if nobody can understand me,
although everything in my life is simple
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Where this old world does strike me down
I do now feel like a mere clown
but clear everything You do see.
Oh, my God, have mercy for me.
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From light-years away in space and time
You are the architect, designer and creator
that do take care
of a insignificant small planet that is far away.
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Destiny demands that now I must go,
that for a time we both have to part,
while fate and life wants it as so,
where still you are strong in my heart,
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It's as if you do hop and jump like klipspringer,
from rock to rock up a small hillock
where in front of the television you sleep next to me,
are fleeing for something when your legs do suddenly kick,
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Give to her the lovely desires of her heart
even when destiny does our plans thwart.
May Your blessings accompany her where she does go,
at the crossroads may she about the right way know
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In all the times between you and me
there is trust and great comprehension,
many words are written
as human to human where I really like you,
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Together with you I have experienced
sunny and rainy days,
have lived through many summers, springs
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