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Jun 2013 · 1.1k
A soldier’s swan-song
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
Load the cannons, set the mines,
come on soldiers, not so slow.
In formation, form some lines.
Come on soldiers, go go go!

Medic! Medic! I’ve lost my leg.
Please come help me, I might just beg.
Bind it, sow it, just fix it quick
this waiting is making me completely sick.

Son, you are under a lot of pain
there is no way that I can block this vane.
Sooner than later you’re going to bleed to death,
if you want to say something, this may be your last breath.

I only wanted to make a change,
to do some good for the human race
and now, my efforts meant nothing
and still I was put through all this suffering.

But you did make a change,
you offered your life for your nation,
from training to the shooting range,
boot camp and the war sensation.

The pain, the sorrow of that one soul,
mortified by the hardship of war,
for all these soldiers have just one goal
and that is to sacrifice a life on the line
of a soldier being drenched in blood, divine.

To ****, to die, to lie to thy,
a soldier sigh, and asks us why,
a woman cry, for her husband lie
in a trench… never did he say goodbye.
Jun 2013 · 828
Human error
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
Oh bitter earth, a piece of art,
I pity you with all my heart.
For all us humans do all day
is destroying you in every way.

I wish I could, but no I can’t.
I wish I could lend you a hand.
I have no power, nor the brain
to heal your wound and ease your pain.

You have a blanket to protect us dearly,
a womb that is fading oh so clearly
and now it is nearly a hole in our way,
a hole that lets in all those ultraviolet rays.

That hole is the punishment to justify our sins,
caused by gasses, plastics and tins.
I mourn and have sorrow over my home,
for everything’s destroyed wherever I may roam.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Reactor two,
if this was going to happen, no one knew
and all of a sudden everything blew
and who was responsible, IT WAS YOU!
Jun 2013 · 645
The Goddess
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
Imagine if you will
the statue of a girl
a woman when she wants
with the beauty of a pearl

Legends have been told
of this goddess stuck in mold
but let us not be bold
for this story will unfold.

The glimmer in her eyes
the laughter and the cries
the perfection of her thighs
perception never lies

A female, fair and feared
the definition of finesse
Fiery thoughts go up in flames
when SHE takes up a fight

She will slash you, burn you, kick you when you’re down.
You're heart will be in pieces and you’re body will be sore.
Crawling back tomorrow
you’ll be begging her for more

I'll me sniffing and smoking, injecting in my vane
the love she has to offer, the poison to my brain.
Because I know I'm crazy, I'm ******* insane!
But that vision of us, it eases the pain.
On a wooden floor we lie, on the day that it will rain...
Jun 2013 · 11.0k
Bond, brother bond
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
Metallic-, ionic-, covalent bonds.
Persisting still proving, able to break.
The forces assured, the pressures endured,
the attraction unequal, results left uncured.

Surely there exits an unbreakable bond,
created by a wand from a paranormal pond.
A connection not so rare, sharing DNA in our hair.
A bond assuring trust, selflessness and care.

Not even death, can break a bond that strong
and this may seem unfair, science points to wrong
but this is no illusion, my doubts are less than low
I do not have to prove, what I already know.

Its far beyond a feeling, description left unknown.
This bond is right beside me, never am I alone.
I do not need an idol, I do not need a god.
Impossible to forge a key, it's not that type of lock.
My brother is my hero, my brother is my rock.
Jun 2013 · 964
Fool's love
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
What I'm about to say, is not a lie
I have no proof but I can't deny
The idea provoked and makes me cry
To me its true. Till the day I die

There was no beginning, there will be no end
The universe realized I need a friend
You sneaked in like a critter to fill a hole
An empty space in my heart, the same one you stole

And like my heart, you serve a similar purpose
Without it I would be lifeless, meaningless, an empty abyss
Running speechless and blind in a captivating hell
Drowning slowly but surely in a never ending well

Maybe there exists a phenomenon called fate
Somewhere there's a fisherman using you as bait
Depending on your smell and beauty he would wait
Till I get lured around to replenish steady state

EVERYTHING is what I would like to offer you
INFINITY is how long I would like to spend with you
If you would offer me a ticket to spend eternity with you
I would without hesitation tell you that I do

The connection that we have ignores the laws of science
The force that pulls you closer, betraying this defiance
Call it love, call it lust, call it desire, call it trust
I will feel this way about you till my body turns to dust
Jun 2013 · 641
The final diagnosis
Jacques Strydom Jun 2013
Allow me to share a view from above.
A collective perspective on this mysterious thing called love.
When an opposite attracts and fits you like a glove,
makes you feel alive, soaring high up like a dove,
then I believe you may be suffering from a little thing called love.

The infection is a silent one, a surreptitious dart,
dashing faster than the speed of light, targeting your heart.
This illness will indulge you, misleading at the start,
but later you will realize its imperative playing part.

The symptoms are inexorable, impossible to stop.
You’ll be experiencing a lot of dreaming,
staring daily into space
with a ridiculous frozen smirk planted firmly on your face.

Your imagination will be animated, a heavenly montage,
exposing in luminescence, her angelic visage.
The silhouette of her body haunting your reminiscence,
as you crave every part of it, stripping you of innocence.

The passion is the exhilarating part, blowing you away.
The connection that you foster, growing stronger by the day.
So let this epidemic grow, give Cupid back his bow,
for love will be the best sensation, you will ever know.

— The End —