Gert Strydom Poems

You are wonderful and sometimes full of mystery
and at times I do not understand you completely
but your smile, your laughter and the things that you do say
are treasures that no money can buy
...

Far in the distance a church bell rings
while the early Sunday morning is lingering
and the moments between you and me stretch out
with the bliss that no words do know
...

Maybe life goes like this
that somebody brings the world to a halt
for only you
when you do trust someone with your love
...

(for Daleen)

Birthdays come and birthdays go
and yet there is something of the magic
...

I watch the early morning blood-red rays,
its two more days before another kiss
while I am missing her in many ways
am yearning to see her, for pure bliss
...

Nothing could stop the enchantment
when I read the first signs of love in your eyes,
when there was something fragile and brittle in you,
when your hand laid soft and warm in mine
...

(in answer to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

There is nothing that can stop the sands of time
and although many lives may be sublime,
...

I wanted to bind to you
with bonds binding like stainless steel
or another kind of more valuable metal
of silver or gold could do the thing
...

She brings me the greatest kind of delight
in her presence every day and night,
at times we are totally in unison
in our acts and thoughts as the days go on,
...

(after Lord George Gordon Byron)

Love is far more than just lust or desire
it's something that dwells in every thought,
...