Gert Strydom Poems

I am afraid that parts of you do in my verses remain
as you are in my words in the longing and pain

where I write verses like letters to you
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Together with you I do want to walk under illustrious stars,
do want to look at you, kiss you and take your hand full of trust and hope
as if holy beautiful rare days are waiting on us
and I want to see you truly happy and hear you laugh with joy,
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(in answer to Thomas Traherne)

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A life that is pure and holy and secure was my own,
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With you life feels like its running to eternity
and each day with you I want to be just like this
and I know you in times of heartache and bliss
where you are far more than just dear to me
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(in answer to Ina Rousseau)

Where mere moments do stretch out between the two of us
like mother-of-pearl is each moment of shuddering and trembling
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(for Daleen, in answer to Louis Esterhuizen)

When I tell you that I do not deserve you
I do see you as an angel in times of darkness
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(for Daleen, in answer to Daniel Hugo)

In life we do together function well,
you are to me past unique,
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Where separate our love silently goes on
I do remember the times of laughter sweet,
where you do live in me while you are gone
and precious are the times that we do meet,
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