I Look At You (Hybridanelle) Poem by Gert Strydom

I look at you and more than others I do see
but at times to what love is I do feel blind,
where you are more than just dear to me.

You do bring me both heartache and joy
and the principles of love do carry me along,
while this virus do humanity destroy

and no one know how life is going to be,
where to me you do remain good and kind.
I look at you and more than others I do see,

where love does a kind of magic employ
but in all of this I still do feel forlorn
and the principles of love do carry me along,

while locked-down away form you I am not free
but your face and humanity remain in my mind,
where you are more than just dear to me,

where our plans have not yet happened as if unborn
and still daily I do love you just more and more
but in all of this I still do feel forlorn,

while it feels as if God's blessings are not many
but still His presence I do daily everywhere find.
I look at you and more than others I do see

and I do pray that God does this world again restore,
where far too lengthy feels each passing hour
and still daily I do love you just more and more

and from this time and place I want to flee,
wish to be like a bird drifting on the wind.
Where you are more than just dear to me,

love has a secret unknown kind of power
and it feels as if all hope does languish,
where far too lengthy feels each passing hour,

while I long for and miss you terribly,
in a world that is dangerous and unkind.
I look at you and more than others I do see,
where you are more than just dear to me,

while we do live in a time of great anguish.
You do bring me both heartache and joy
and it feels as if all hope does languish,
while this virus do humanity destroy.
© Gert Strydom