Today You Are A Part Of Me Poem by Gert Strydom

(for Annelize, in answer to Stephan Bouwer)

Today you are a part of my great healing
where former loves have already caved in
as you do resound in my heart & soul & spirit
where I do try like a camera in my memory bank

to catch your own sunny-wide-smile for a moment
as if timeless it can later hang in my thoughts

as if every glance & nod & wink can leave me breathless,
as if the sound & tone of your voice will never leave my thoughts
I do become by your mere presence short breathed
as if the beauty of your countenance

brings a kind of magic to my life,
as if you do jump right into my thoughts

& your slender legs & and breast do entice me,
I cannot stop you from coming into my thoughts,
the way that you do throw your hair back,
the features of your eyes & around your mouth is angelic lovely

& that you do truly love me & I do really count for you,
you & your friends & nobody have got to tell me

as you are the same from far & middle-distance & near & up close to me
& your humanity & character & intellect & attitude do remain
right through years just the same as if nobody can stand in your shoes
& your lips do remain always gleaming & soft & supple as if they want to receive kisses

and I cannot lock you out of my life
& I want to include you in everything, with which I am involved,

to know you in all of my joy & in my heartache,
do want to give you a key for my car & my house & my heart,
together with you dream the magic dreams & build a happy & good life
& I do only trust you with my deepest thoughts & secrets.

[Reference:"Vandag sweer ek jou af" (Today I swear you off)by Stephan Bouwer.]