Another Poem

I avoided writing a love poem

In fear of reaching for words that fail to explain

Even worse you’ll think it’s yours to claim

You do not understand the battle at hand

You drive into town

Ready to take what you don’t own

I have loved this land

 You high-handed fool!

I have cared for it with my own hand and tool

My ancestors built these walls –

A foundation that could outstand a wars

I have kept this ground fertile

Untouched dew lay before you

Natural beauty that overwhelms

So you take cheap words

To try and fill the blanks you don’t comprehend

I’m sorry to offend

It’s not a feeling of disdain

It’s just that it’s not yours to claim

One day a warrior

Will enter through these walls

On his arrival I will drop my guard

Against him I will not rival

I have been waiting, praying, earnestly seeking

For eyes that tell a tale

Of innocence kept

Amidst Babylon’s Goddess

Trying to lure him with her deceiving caress

A woman with many faces

Crying tears of wasted lust

Expensive fragrances in the air now lost

He found a place where he could rest

He could admire the swallows

Carefully building they nest

Away from the candy coated gallows

Where he could admire the night sky

Away from people looking to change their stars –  

People reeking from corruption and bribery

All this to reach top of the rank

Hate to break it to you

Your money’s not safe in the bank

He fled Sodom

Set on searching for his destined bride

Left the world behind –

A worthy fight

For a lady wearing white

Feel free to claim – for it already bears your name

It was written in the stars

Set in stone

By Him seated on the throne

To be executed by mere man

By flesh and blood two constellations unite –

To create a new life.

A new universe.

Forever his and hers.

 By Berna van Zyl

2013-05-07