Each Day I Pray (English Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

Each day I pray in a time of struggle and strife
while you that I love is from me far away
that God will protect and guide you in your life
as it passes far out sight day after day

and at heart I really wish I do know
the things of you in every kind of mood
and want God His goodwill on you to bestow
in all the things that are beautiful and good,

while alone through life I do daily trod
and it seems alone I do stand since youth,
where I do pray and pray to the Lord God,
to keep us both in the absolute truth:

to moments with His holy presence fill
and let us together be if it's His will.