Gert Strydom Poems

If I could know for what reason
the whys and wherefores happen
and could know the reasons
behind all things,
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In Heidelberg we stayed in a white house
against the ranges
and there were always
sweet yellow corn that Mom had planted
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It was at the dance floor
under the Neelsie,
where I saw her sokkie
and every movement
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Last night you were with me
and the big old dog
could not lie still
and she turned
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For the parrot in its cage
the open spaces,
of the jungle remain
and unfolds in its mind.
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If no man is an island
and if every human being
has an impact on all others,
then why can man not find peace
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I started to love you
when I met you
and that love will forever,
be part of me.
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Sometimes I cannot cry
while others round me weep
and sometimes life claims
that a man must be a rock
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Everyone wants to be free,
from debt and duty
and responsibility,
but I want to be free
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Can you see the pride of a nation
when it’s young men,
march of to war
and some to return no more?
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