Beauty Like Hers (Sonnet Corona)
I
Beauty like hers has an unknown quality
as in a radiant mystery that is sublime
as for a while caught in time
even unto life’s finality
with a natural adaptability
as something past reason and rhyme
even apart from spring in its prime
and when she smiles at me it is in humility
and each day there is more glory than before
as if a spirit divine is in her heart
as if this sweetness can last forevermore
like in a masterpiece of art
can stretch even past this life’s shore
as if we will never part.
II
As if we will never part
she sometimes watches me
her sweet smile lights up my heart
and to her there’s an unknown quality.
Who and what is she
that so many young men
want to suit her, want to be in her company,
unlike most other women?
I wonder if she’s as kind as she is fair?
As beauty shines right through her,
and flaming hangs her auburn hair
but somehow I wonder if love is there?
She reminds me somewhat of spring,
she’s really startling.
III
She’s really startling
and the way that she looks at me
says that she might become my darling
and even although I want it to be
I know that love is blinding
but to me she looks like an angel as if holy,
I wonder if she wants something binding
have never seen her with any melancholy
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poem by Gert Strydom
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