Invocation Poem by Gert Strydom

(after Lina Spies)

My Lord God, as creator of all things
the whole streched out universe
galaxies in their rings,
lies open before you as a piece of canvas

where You do know the names of each sun, of each starry system,
do command a multitude of angels, beings without number,
You that in Your omnipotence do calculate the destiny of every living thing,
please do hear my call: I have won the heart of a woman

did love her unequalled
out of the depth of my heart
without reason or calculation

and she did tell me
that I am the light in her life
and between us
was Your image

I ask that our love will stay like this,
here where our lives are but a fleeting light
in a world that does try to devour our humanity
where darkness tries to come constantly.

Lord, do know about our love, before everything is extinguished,
Lord, rescue and help her and me.

[Reference; "Aanroep" (Appeal) by Lina Spies.]