That Our Love Must Be Lost (In Answer To N. P. Van Wyk Louw) Poem by Gert Strydom

That our love must be lost,
at a time will have to end
that there is an end to all things,
is something that I find sorrowful and amazing
that no one can stop the coming of the night,
when sometimes I see your sunny glances
tags at my mind as I do know
that nothing, nobody can stop death
when at times I hold you tenderly
as if love can last eternally.

[Reference: "Dat alle liefde" ("That all love") by N. P. van Wyk Louw.]