As A Mere Human Being Poem by Gert Strydom

As a mere human being my life is but a moment
in the gear-work of eternity
and if I do not love others,
have an intimate relationship with someone
then everything means but nothing
even if every marital relationship does fail

and if I do not act with humanity
with utterly great mercy
and even do withhold the law and justice
from those that do insult me,
that does curse me
and at times do physically assault me
my life has only become
focussed on it self

as in my mind the Lord God
has given each human being
from the time of birth
certain gifts to life
which has been cherished
by all cultures, all races
and almost every religion
throughout history
as almost holy ideas
since the existence of man
and a person can argue these things away
but nevertheless they are still having an effect

of which the first is life itself
and also the capacity to create
in community with another person
of the opposite sex,
to be able to create in art
and in technology and in different ways
to be able to create good and bad situations,
to bring happiness and disaster to others
and not even angels have the ability
to procreate.

Time is a gift of which we do simply
not have enough
and some people do waste it
while others do use it
to the very limit.

Another important gift is that of love,
love for a spouse
that is created as an equal
and maybe in its purest form
love is selfless when it comes
to the love of a parent to a child.

The gift of faith is most important
as from it comes hope,
comes a positive disposition to life
that it has got great prospects
and that there is more to life
than only existing
and it gives life to expectations
of how things can become.

Parents are a gift that do influence
how we do become,
that has got an effect
in how we turn out in life
from the genes that we do inherit
and from the way that they do bring us up.

Respect for others,
for those that do precede us,
for parents,
for those who has been appointed above us
and most importantly for God
and for the laws of the country
that is set to protect each person
are essential
as every person that does exist
do want to have esteem,
wants to be noticed,
also wants a place in the sun.

The gift of health,
goes hand in hand
with what we do eat and drink,
with how we spend our time,
with how much rest we do get,
with how we care for our bodies
and with the exercise
that we do undertake
to be able to be fit for life
and each person does not receive
the gift of health
in a equal measure
as we do live in a world
where everything does perish,
where there is a constant struggle
for survival
and also between that which is good,
pure and holy
against that which is evil and bad.

Of the talents each person does receive
a whole variety
of different things,
in a measure which differs
and some people do not know
that they are gifted,
others do not take any notice of these things
of which they have got the potential to develop,
out of fear of being rejected,
out of the uncertainty if it can come to something,
from inferiority
to others above them
or even from laziness
but the people that do not hesitate
to go to the extremes
to develop their talents
do make great contributions to society.

Individuality is a gift
that does make me totally different
from any other person that does exist,
as every person is unique
in a special kind of way
and does experience events and things
and life different
from any other person.