The World Does Change When You Are Gone (English Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

The world does change when you are gone,
in my heart there is mitigated pain
and slowly, very surely life goes on,
the summers come with their rain,

the dove calls wooing for its mate
while a great longing fills my soul
and this night is turning very late
but constantly you do make my life whole

and your thoughts and longings I do know
where my feelings for you, our love flares up strong,
and without you my life goes extremely slow
while I know that together we do belong,

that you love me eats me up while I am alone,
and together we must be as you are the only one.

© Gert Strydom