You I Do Hold (English Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(for Annelize)

You I do hold me with blinded blissful rapture
where I do go through sunny day after sunny day
where our friendship and our love do endure
wherever destiny does in our lives lead the way

even if we do weep, laugh and cry and swear
in times of spring, summer, winter and in fall
still for you throughout my life I do truly care
and all of the lovely great yesterday's I do recall

and from the Lord God I do get some strength
in times of wealth and bliss and times of woe,
you do comprehend do talk with me at length
where your great loveliness I do truly know,

in you I have found tranquillity and happiness
where you bring me joy and the greatest bliss.

© Gert Strydom