My South Africa (Gogyoshi Sequence) Poem by Gert Strydom

1
Bring back my days of innocence
where the farm is quiet with cattle that graze
and no criminal or rapist do strike,
where I catch the smell of alfalfa,
barefoot walk in the red-sand home.

2
Bring back the carefree days
where no one steals my car,
while I am wooing a girlfriend
and twenty Rand at the Spur
buys two burgers, cool-drinks and desert.

3
I am searching for a time
where easily I could get permanent employment
where the employer cared about his employees,
did drive out to a house if one was ill
and provide help if he could.

4
Again in the twilight I want to walk outside,
to see the silver-white stars and golden moon,
smell the rain on the evening-wind,
do not want to fear to be robbed or assaulted
but truly want to know tranquillity in my South Africa.

© Gert Strydom