Next To Me Your Picture Lies Poem by Gert Strydom

Next to me your own vivid picture lies-
against the wall with your shadow and face,
a woman complete, with innocence and grace
and wisdom in your expression and eyes.

Now auburn, oval, face - with curls on your head
a noble nose, white skin, softness coming through-
The perfect outlines: gorgeous and true.
God created for Adam a mate and said:

"Let us in our image create" - I see beauty,
sleeping as innocent as a mere child
a strange expression, almost divine and faint.
In reality you act selfish to me,
(this is a dream of you undefiled) ,
too harsh and self-centred for words to paint.
© Gert Strydom