Writing Ode Poem by Gert Strydom

To write is maybe like being able to use magic,
being able to catch holy words
and from somewhere
I try to find the creating energy
but usually it comes by its own accord

and sometimes I have got to be alone,
but at times
I can be among people
at a noisy place
where I do lock my thoughts off
and do place them just where I want.

Or at times it's like a prayer
where a person does hang
at the edge of the horizon
and tries to capture
the life that does surround you
in the essence
that does give meaning and value,
pain or even the abyss.

Or maybe it's the power
that comes from my muse
that tries to keep flowering
as I do take a oath
that does stay true to Him

and when my words do want to dry up
I ask like a child
to the omnipotent Lord God
to give more images,
ideas, thoughts and living words
and when I look
there are more and more.