Louise Tredoux

You are sweet and kind,
you make space for the
fears in my little mind,
you understand when I
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Enjoying my heart’s wish today, walked
on the beach, pristine white sand forming
a far horizon, wind whipping my hair into
total disobedience, walked all the way to
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I was delighted when I found you
where you were hiding, jumping
on crutches I couldn’t chase you,
searching the flat, in a flash of
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Listening to Cavaliera Rusticana, Rudi’s
favourite, I don’t know it well, male voices
like hobos and flutes, golden shine in the
brown hues, silver sopranos flashing in deep
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Don’t know any German, but I used to sing with my
compatriots “Und sollten man uns fragen, was
hält euch denn hier fest, Wir könnten nur sagen
wir lieben Süd-West”, it is hot, it is dry, old wrecks
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Your lament on my having to leave
for a short while was touching and
sweet, you know it is but a short mo-
ment in time, I will be home again to
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Rudi and his mates fell victim to a
band of pirates, if my name were
Angélique of Sergeanne Golon,
I would have been on my way to
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The pirates have been found, Rudi’s been
taken into custody with them, suspected of
collusion with these criminals since he tried
to help them – this sorely tries my patience,
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The memory of last night is growing in
my heart, the warmth of your presence
is slowly melting all the cold loneliness
away, the beauty of being in your arms
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I’m listening to the song, “Fool, you
didn’t have to hurt her, fool, you only
had to love her…” and I’m crying, al-
so cried yesterday when McCartney
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You’re so sweet, looking at me
with one eye like that, protruding
between the blankets, you’re so
sleepy, don’t want to get up, so
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Talking, conversing, laughing and joking;
this is heaven, this is how I always want
it to be, you here with me, walking on the
beach, crutches and cast, you carrying
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What we choose to live is our
truth - I looked at Rudi with a
smile - I love the choice he
made when he chose me
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Hab mich lieb
Du hast mich lieb
Ciribiribin, Ich hab
dich ja so lieb Rudi
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We radiate energy
when we expand into
a state of meditation
or experience
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Sometimes we realize how wonderful
the presence of a loved one – his tone
of voice, his understanding, even his
wrath or anger; everything is different
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Dancing through shops selling stationery,
buying books and cards, looking at second-
hand clothes, dressing up in Victorian finery,
playing with various personalities, but in the
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Softly my beloved went away,
early in the morning, long before
the dawn, facing an emergency,
before he went, he left a kiss for
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when you’re back, I’ll sing you a song,
when you’re back, I’ll write you a poem,
when you’re back, I’ll listen to your voice,
when you’re back, I’ stare into your eyes -
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Crashed a quad bike, fell so hard,
skin burning in raw abrasions, face
swollen in purple and blue, twisted
ankle, broken ribs, the quad bike
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