Gerhardus Keen
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I pretended I was strong
And that I did not care
I pretended to be brave
And as tough as a bear
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If only I could turn back time
If only I could see
If only a light would shine
If only I wasn't me
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Wanneer ek aan jou dink, kan ek nie anders as om te glimlag
Jy is die rede dat ek elke dag met 'n lied in my hart opstaan
Jy het my siening oor die lewe verander
En my weer die moed gegee om aan te gaan
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As ek 'n digter was,
Het ek jou skoonheid besing
En al die vreugde
Wat jy in my lewe bring.
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Duisend stemme gelyk in my kop
Visioene van jare gelede
Wat my probeer oorreed om op te skop
Wat my wil laat vergeet van die hede
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In die kamer sit sy bang alleen
en bid dat die Here haar sal seën
sy weet dat dit sal gebeur
al is haar hart in twee geskeur
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Ou wonde word oor-en-oor oopgekrap
en dan kry die seer nie kans om te herstel.
So voel dit of iemand jou hart kom vertrap
En die lewe voel soos 'n aaneenlopende hel.
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Wie verstaan die seer
En wie kan dit keer
Wanneer liefde stop
Maar jou hart nog klop
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Die nuwe manier van gesêls
Om op jou foon te wees
Ons weet wat dit behels
En voel goed in ons gees
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Lena sit alleen by die tafel in haar woonstel en drink traag aan haar Douwe Egberts koffie, gemaak nét met melk en Muscovado suiker.
Sy is nou al langer as 'n jaar alleen en die seer is nog vars in haar geheue. 'Waarom het ek my hart op hom verloor', wonder sy? 'Almal het my tog gewaarsku en ek hét sy reputasie geken. Maar die hart laat hom mos nie voorskryf nie.'
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In my gedagtes
reis ek tussen sterre
ervaar ek nuwe dinge
beweeg ek deur tyd
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Skepties sit ek en lees deur gedigte
Oor seer en ook oor liefde
En my gedagtes word tot halt geroep
Deur 'Dit is Liefde' van Magda de Korte
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Wanneer ek in stilte lê
sien ek jou nog langs my
so baie wat ek vir jou wil sê
maar ek praat by jou verby
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Did you ever wonder
how much sorrow one can bear
like the war torn soldier
with the 1000 yard stare
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'n Skaam blik in haar rigting
hoop sy het dit raak gesien
'n rooi blos op haar wange
sy is wat ek verdien
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Ek is op my knieë voor U
en ek bid tot U, o Heer
daar's nie baie wat ek vra nie
maar daar's iets wat ek begeer
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Hierdie is maar net
soos ek hul ondervind
die mense van Virginia
die kinders van die wind
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Een van die seerste dinge
waardeur 'n mens kan gaan
is 'n verhouding wat verbrokkel
en einde se kant toe staan
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As jy 'n klein insig in my brain wil hê en verstaan waarom ek aan Hypno-phobia, (the irrational fear of falling asleep) , ly, lees dan verder.
Kom ons sluit die kinder jare uit en sê ons lewe begin op 20 en eindig op 80. Dit gee ons 60 jaar van lewe op aarde. Ek het ook 'leap years' uitgesluit net om die calculations minder ingewikkeld te maak.
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Gerhardus Keen Biography
We grew up being poor. My father was a migrant mine worker and we used to move a lot. At first you remember the names of the new friends you meet, but you soon realize that you will not see them again. So you only remember faces. My parents got divorced when I was still young, so, I had to grow up very quickly. I was looking after my mother and three sisters, since I was 13 years old. I had to work after school so that I can support them. I had to leave school at the end of Standard 8, now known as Grade 10, to start to work on the mines full time to support my family. In the 80's, I had to enlist in the National Defence Force and in December 1983 there was Operation Askari. After my time in the Army, I returned to the mines. I was diagnosed with PTSD and Anxiety Attacks. I write poetry as a means to cope with my PTSD and Anxiety Attacks and to serve as a stress reliever. I am interested in science and technology. My heroes are Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Jules Verne. I bring tribute to my mother, Ans Botha 22 Nov 1943 to 5 Dec 2009, who took care of our 5 children and did her best to raise us as a single mother, and my brother Barend Frederik Keen 26 Feb 1964 to 18 Jul 2015. I also acknowledge my sisters Oliana Keen De Villiers, Amalia Keen van Rhyn and Adriana Keen Young. Thanks for your love, patience, support and motivation. A special thanks to my sister whom I only got to know at a later stage in my life, Isabel Joubert. I love you all. (P.S. - Sadly Isabel passed away in 2020. You will be dearly missed) Other women came into my life, but unfortunately the things they did behind my back made me skeptical about love. I will never expose my heart like that ever again and I will never love that way again. I will protect my heart from ever being broken again.)
The Best Poem Of Gerhardus Keen
Ode To My Mother
I pretended I was strong
And that I did not care
I pretended to be brave
And as tough as a bear
I comforted the others
With jokes and with flair
I walked around and thus
Pretended I was rough
But all of this was
Just to hide my love
I promised myself
That I would not cry
I toughened myself
For the day that you would die
I've built a wall around myself
And tried to keep you out
But now that you are gone
I am crying out loud
I am glad that it rained
On the day my mother died
So that others couldn't see
The tears that I cried
For they would know that I
Wasn't as tough as they believed
And that they would see
Just how much I really grieved
We were soulmates once
You and I
But then things changed
As times passed by
We began to lose touch
And I made you hate me some
Because in my heart I knew
That this day would come
Now that it's here
I can't describe the pain
Sometimes I feel
That it's driving me insane
You know that I loved you
With all of my heart
And I can't stand this feeling
Of us being apart
I am glad that it rained
On the day my mother died
So that others couldn't see
The tears that I cried
For they would know that I
Wasn't as tough as they believed
And that they would see
Just how much I really grieved
© GK1-5-Dec-09
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Gerhardus Keen Quotes
Doing what you love and loving what you do, means you are living your dream.
Just as you don't put all your eggs in one basket, You don't give your whole heart to one person. They have the power to make-or-break you And that is too much power for one person to have over you. GK1-16-Mar-16
A broken heart can be healed by allowing love back into your heart and by meeting the right person at the right time! © GK1-27-Feb-17
I met my soul mate in July 2017. They say that, if you are lucky, you will get to meet your soul mate at least once during your lifetime on this earth. I was truly blessed to have met mine. Out of respect for her privacy, I will not mention her name, but refer to her initials which are T.M. T.M. is a very gifted an beautiful person with an equally beautiful mind and soul. The moment we met, we both experienced a moment of déjà vu. I gazed into her eyes and a thousand lifetimes flashed through my mind's eye. I could see the recognition in her eyes as well. Although we've just met, it was as if we knew each other our whole lives. I have never experienced this intense feeling of love before. We had a spiritual connection and were drawn to each other instantly. I will never forget what I saw in her eyes. She had three different colours that shone through her eyes when she talked. I would also get to see a fourth colour. Her eyes turned blueish when she talked about her passions and a unique unreal white, when she was talking about God and her devine calling. Then it turned a dark brown when she was retreating into herself and wanted to protect herself. But I saw a soft green in her eyes when she spoke about us and her feelings for me. We both have the gift, or is it rather a curse, to see into a person's soul. Because we both had been in bad relationships and even worse breakups, we were sceptical to enter into a relationship again. Everything went well, but her fear of relationships and rejection were even stronger than mine, so she decided, out of self preservation, that we are not meant to be in a relationship. I have never experienced such a feeling of hurt and self-dispair. Not even through my previous breakups. T.M. opened my eyes to other things as well and even got me, a shy introvert, to record a song or two. We would have been great together. T.M. is also the only person that I ever allowed to get to see and know the real me. No one else will ever again have the privilege of me opening up an exposing my soul, and my true self, to them. Never again! ! !
Wat is Liefde Daar is verskeie definisies van liefde. Bv. 'Liefde is 'n eenrigting ingesteldheid om aan iemand goed te doen, sonder om iets terug te verwag'. Sommige mense sê weer 'Liefde is 'n misverstand tussen twee dwase'. Maar wat is ware liefde? Dis die omgee vir die ander. Dis die 2 uur in die nag opstaan omdat die ander een nie wel is nie. Dis die onthou van dinge wat die ander een vergeet het. Dis die samesyn en gesêls sonder om 'n woord te sê. Dis die sagte kyk in die oë en 'n glimlag sonder rede. Dis die onthou van dinge wat saam gedoen is en die verlange wanneer jy nie daar is nie. Maar sommige mense ken nie die verskil tussen liefde en verliefdheid nie. Hulle is verlief op die idee van verlief wees. Hulle hou van die opwinding van die verliefde gevoel. Die opwinding van die begin van 'n verhouding. Dis waarom hulle van een verhouding na 'n ander verhouding beweeg, sonder om te dink wie se lewens of verhoudings hulle op hulle soektog na verliefdheid vernietig. Maar daar kom 'n tyd wanneer die nuwe verhouding ook sy glans verloor en dan begin die soektog na die nuwe 'verliefde' gevoel weer oor en begin alles weer van vooraf. Die einde is alleenheid, eensaamheid, selfverwyt en verlore liefde. En die gemis na die ware liefde wat teruggegooi is vir 'n oomblik se plesier en die gevoel van 'verliefdheid' veruil is. Maar elke mens neem sy/haar eie besluite en probeer regverdiging daarin soek. Maar daar kom 'n tyd, wanneer jy dit die minste verwag, wanneer jy alleen met jou gedagtes is. Dis wanneer die werklikheid intree en mens nie jou gedagtegang kan ontsnap nie. Dis wanneer die spyt inkom, maar die menslike trots en menslike hoogmoed jou keer om te erken jy het 'n fout begaan. Daarom sal jy eerder deur die seer en die pyn by jou besluit wil bly en eerder ongelukkig, ontevrede en onvervuld jou lewe wil afsluit instede van getrou, gelukkig en liefdevol. © Gerhardus Keen (GK1) 25 Augustus 2020
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