Illusion (Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

Illusion (Free Verse Sonnet)



(for Annelize, after Olga Kirsch)

Sometimes when I walk down the lane home
children do play hop-scotch were they are triple-trampling
while they do hop-bounce-jump on one leg,
others do ride on bicycles and skateboards around me
but at twilight a tranquil silence does come
and with the happiness of the young people I am totally astounded
when the rain does sieve down, do go through clothes in a wet gust.
In the silver-grey light everything is dark-green everywhere
where something is driving me on a light tread to fasten my pace
as if this weather, that does not belong here, do tell me something about you
as if unexpectedly suddenly you are waiting on me
and suddenly my heart wants to rejoice but it's also hurting
where I feel something ecstatic, wonderful in my blood
when you do come my darling, shining with happiness as an angel to me.

[Reference: "Illusie" (Illusion)by Olga Kirsch.]

© Gert Strydom

Monday, November 13, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: love and life
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Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa
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