Marien Jacobs

Lord, it's so easy for humans to deceive,
To act a little bit of make-belief.
To wound as they go without caring a dime,
And leave a broken heart for just another time.
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I long to see you too,
I wish I could hear your voice,
It will never go through as a noise.
I long to look into your eyes,
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(Dedicated to my Biology Teacher)

Life is not an easy game to play,
Especially not when I try to say
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Stop asking questions; I beseech,
Cause without complains I have reached
The point to say goodbye.
I wished you could have guess and say
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What do you do when you love
but you can not tell,
when you're scared that you'll loose,
what you've never owned.
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'Ek is lief vir jou'.
Donker, leë woorde, sonder betekenis of gevoel,
In die lug gespreek – te swewe, sonder teiken of doel.
Dit voor jy skielik net iewers in die niet verdwyn,
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Jou het ek as mede kind van God leer ken,
Maar gou het jy my hart kom wen
En het ek 'n ware vriend in jou gevind,
Onsigbare bande het ons aan mekaar verbind.
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Your eyes, my dear friend, are the windows of your soul
Which show that through the years, your inside's still not whole.
Your eyes reflect all your hurt; all your pain
Which lies before you like a lake after some rain.
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Hy was 'n vriend so naby aan U hart...
En tog het U geweet van al die smart,
Die pyn en lyding wat U sou verduur,
Deur 'n vriend, deur satan gehuur.
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Wees stil en weet Ek is Heer,
En Ek gee jou krag as jy op My wag;
En niks in die heelal sal My kan keer,
Want Ek is God, en aan My behoort alle mag.
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My vriend, vandag mis ek jou,
En my liefde sal nie verflou,
Want nie om 'n rede het ek jou lief nie,
Maar net omdat jy jy is.
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Here, ek verlang so om heilig te wees,
En heilig te leef deur die wandel met U Gees,
Sodat ek mag wees met die blaas van die basuin,
Tot eer van God; onberispelik, vlekloos en rein.
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Kom, lewe nie voort in die vlees,
Maar laat God jou vervul met Sy Gees;
Sonder heiligmaking kan jy God nie sien
En kan jy Hom nie waarlik dien.
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(Dedicated to a friend who died in accident)

Where are you my friend?
You are gone
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There are four seasons in my tear
Dripping, flowing, flooding this year
Tears of love, struggles, longing and joy
Servants, by love employed.
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Oh ye kiss one desire most
The sweetness of his lips
The wordless expression of his love
The hearts deepest emotion flowing
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When my world is shattered,
And all is gone and lost,
Will You be there?
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If only I could turn back time,
If only I could turn the wheel back on a dime,
If only I could get the sands of time a day back to flow,
I’ll pierce the sandglass with my own two hands, just to know:
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I woke up, and it’s still dark, my body still shaking
And again I don’t want to be waken
I want to sleep…sleep forever
Escaping this encircled, sinister tremor
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Do You see me,
Hear my cry?
Would You answer,
My pleas deny?
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