Maybe It's Love Poem by Gert Strydom

I

The sun once blushed and was aware of you and me
where the river meanders away
while we were kissing each other,
where a finch twittered like an intruder

I took you by the hand,
we splashed laughing into the river
along the riverbank
but no water could was our sin away

When we undressed totally naked
you embraced me for indefinable pleasure
and we discovered each other as man and woman
your sin, became my sin

and I did not want to give up this experience;
it was wonderful to lie on the grass.


II

It was wonderful to lie on the grass
when your were right against me,
to catch you into memory,
it was wonderful to have you right against me

and I wonder how to say it in words
when I was holding you until darkness
knowing you in everything, even every small happening
when it felt as if I could not deny you anything

with the sun is high in the sky,
with bees flying to flowers in the garden,
with the splashing water of the pool throw shadows,
the clouds big and white sailing past
and God moving His hands over His canvas
in colours of blue, orange and bright red.


III

In colours of blue, orange and bright red
a whole world lies between you and me,
the world is adorned at sunset
when I cannot get you out of my thoughts,

as if I see your shining eyes
comprehending the feeling in them,
the way that you hold your head
causes me to take my whole life into examination

as if that which was and still is between us
are forever reaching out for answers and to each other,
I become aware of my deep longing,
I want to stroke my fingers through your hair.

Not one of us really comprehended the meaning
when you walked out of my life.


IV

When you walked out of my life
and I knew that you still loved me
there was big pain in it
but you did not let out anything about your feelings

and although you knew then, years later you would really realize
where the end of your, of our happiness started
and nothing would have let you come to your senses,
things changed when you slammed the door.

Now more than twenty years later
you are just as pretty as you had been then,
nothing has really changed in our feelings,
there are still stars in your eyes when you laugh,
I can see how well you fit into my life,
I am still in love with in a way that I feel for no other.


V

I am still in love with in a way that I feel for no other
when the jacarandas outside marry in purple dresses,
with the winter fleeing
and I sincerely do love you.

How eager I am to let you see this beauty,
of the whole city standing in glory,
the odour that suddenly fold around you,
raising from the streets

but you are more than a thousand miles away
in another lovely world, with a own beauty
to where I want to go sometimes,
but only experience can let you adore these trees,
can let you be aware of perfect day upon perfect day;
where I lift my eyes to the creator God.


VI


I lift my eyes to the creator God
praying for Him to be with you,
when I was on my knees this morning,
while I was missing you.

At church there was communion
where I could share in his sacrifice
and my thoughts strayed to you
where I imagined us just married,

my prayers went to Christ Jesus
and our relationship and you I entrusted to Him
where as high priest He serves before His Father,
I asked for His blessing and care over you

but was yearning for moments with you,
even if you wait until the winter of our lives.


VII

Even if you wait until the winter of our lives
before you want to come back to me,
I am waiting day and night
and wish the time to past quickly

and then that cold time
will be a summer for us
and continually
we will laugh in days without fear

loving each other
as if there’s no end to time
and together we will start a life
with a holy bond

but I have got to keep to your wishes;
the sun once blushed and was aware of you and me.