Between Us Love Did So Suddenly And Unexpectedly Sprout (Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

Between us love did so suddenly and unexpectedly sprout
that in the depth of our friendship we found something more,
something that we could not stop,
something different that astounded us with each other
and in this time of early old age
for this kind of feelings there were no resistance
and in a world where everything does change
you did suddenly turn over my life
and I wonder why at this time in life I do suddenly find someone
that has the ability (more than any other woman)
to bring the utmost joy and pain
and to me you are precious and given by God,
the one who makes my heart full of sorrow and let it sing at times,
the one who I do want to love and at times want to resist.

© Gert Strydom