The Love That I In My Heart Do Find Poem by Gert Strydom

The love that I in my heart do find
is the conjunction of the body, soul and mind
where two people with honesty meet
and something beautiful far beyond grace do them bind

in a kind of closeness, a kind of unity
from which they never wish to be free
and this is not only fixed by emotion but by choice,
even if the design of destiny does not want it to be

as this decision to love is pure, simple and rare,
does not come out of rebound from despair
but its qualities are selfless with a childish faith
that does past all kinds of turmoil and impossibility with care

and this is a divine and yet a simple thing
that does joy, pleasure and happiness bring
to a cold dark and pain filled world
and its magic does touch everything existing

while unseen it works in countless ways
does fill not just an intimate hour but also all of our days.