Coals Glowing Orange Red Poem by Gert Strydom

Coals Glowing Orange Red



Coals glowing orange red in the half drum
blazing through the holes in the sides of it
and a guard warms his hands
where he stands watching, with eyes alert

one hand touching the baton
as if testing if it is still there
and his shadow is gigantic
on the white building behind him

and above him, in the night
God’s coals are aflame
burning through the holes in the sky.

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Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa
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