Could I Sketch Pictures With Words (Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

Would it make a difference to you,
even if the night folds dark around us,
if I could touch you with wise words,
would it bring new hope to you?
Could I sketch pictures with words
about a world that is different and better,
could I etch the beautiful deep into your soul,
of happiness that is deeper than sympathy?
When destiny brings the dark night,
the events in the world want to swallow me,
when the lightning-bolts circle out much wider
would you then with love embrace me?
Sometimes I wonder where love does find meaning,
or are words and acts blown away by the wind?
© Gert Strydom