Droom

Ek soek wat ek nie kan kry nie,

ek wil hê wat ek nie kan vashou nie,

en ek treur oor ek dit verloor het wat ek nooit gehad het nie.

My droom was 'n gedagte,

'n realiteit sonder vorm of mate,

maar die waarheid was eg en die realiteit onontkenbaar daar.

My droom is dalk my eie,

my droom mag dalk nooit wees,

maar hierdie droom se waarheid sal altyd by my wees.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
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Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Obscured meanings

I obscure my thoughts with words

and wrap them in long sentences

where you would have to dig to find

for what was truly on my mind.

I play an intellectual game

of hide and seek with syllables,

so you have to struggle to find sense,

reduce my saying to meaningful essence.

I propose, second and volunteer

an endless string of grey rhetoric,

but, alas, you will not find a single thought

that passed you by, were kept, or caught.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Consistent God

When oceans rush upon the shore,

as it has done for years before,

because You said it should be done,

then I know the battle has been won.

When I fretted, feared and faltered,

though Your word has never altered,

I wonder at my unbelief

and how it causes my own grief.

I should look upon the oceans more

to see where You have been before,

how You keep it going by Your might,

and take a lesson from this sight.

You’re my past, present and tomorrow,

You’ve stood by me through joy and sorrow,

and upon Your word I will rely

to keep me till the day I die.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Die skoenmaker se storie

Ek het gister se draad vandag opgetel

en daarmee wil ek gou 'n storie vertel

wat hom nie deur ruimte of tyd laat knel,

alhoewel dit jou dalkies mag ontstel.

My storie begin by 'n ander ou,

'n skoenmaker wat sy kinders afknou,

en as hy dronk is, dan slaan hy sy vrou

en beskuldig haar dan dat sy is ontrou.

Op 'n dag kom hy nie terug na die huis,

en as iemand vra, sê hul hy’s nie tuis,

maar iewers was iets geheel glad nie pluis,

met die dronk man en sy vinnige vuis.

Die ding met drank is dat dit jou weerloos laat,

uitgelewer aan genade van die wat jou haat,

en soms broei daar 'n monster uit in die kwaad

wat jou heel moontlik vir dood agterlaat.

Die vrou en kinders het in die skoen aangebly

en in rympies en stories sal jy hul nog daar kry,

maar met die skoenmaker self was dit neusie verby,

jy hoor hom nou net as die kinders stry kry.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Frail humanity

It wavered on the horizon

before deciding to go on,

but when it came, it did not stop

until it reached the very top.

The sun shone down upon the earth,

springing the day from its berth,

and forcing it to join the fun

of the new hour that had begun.

But somewhere in a snug warm bed

a frail body lay still and dead;

as if cocooned from the day’s embrace,

it turned away its weary face.

Still, in another house a child would cry

as it looked upon the bright new sky

and it would rush out to take part

in this gloriously reborn start.

The sun did not stop to contemplate

if it was early, or if it was late;

it began its journey along a route,

where the expected end was understood.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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God's best

Why would I settle for anything less

than God’s perfect will and His very best?

No indeed! I will listen and do as He says

forsaking my own will to enter His rest.

I have opinions that are quite my own,

a strong will and mind directs where I go,

yet, in an instant I’ll forget all I’ve known

and follow a new course that He will show.

The lessons I’ve learned I can not deny,

in this relationship with my Father on high.

Sometimes I still wonder, and even ask why,

but the outcomes all seem to end in a contented sigh.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Questions

There is a darkness on my mood

and though I know it isn’t good,

I seem to wallow and to brood

Why would I in this darkness stay

when I could choose to go away

and to embrace the light of day?

Because the answer wasn’t found

and questions seemingly abound

and this has made my mood unsound

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Repeated Prayer

My Father God, come hear my plea

take heed to what You hear and see,

I have no new request to bring

but merely the same repeated thing

that I have brought to You before,

but I need to bring it here once more.

I know that You have heard my prayer,

so in a sense it seems unfair

that I should harp upon it still,

if I already know Your will,

but Lord, my heart still aches with pain

and that is why I’m here again.

I know You do not mind my being here,

that You hold my every heartbeat dear,

and I find such comfort in Your care;

Your presence gives me strength to bear

the time between answer and request

while I wait for Your very best.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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God's approval

It is a very splendid thing

to stand before the King of kings,

to know that He approves of you

and He affirms the things you do.

To bring Him all you’ve done and said

each day before you turn to bed

and hear Him say that you’ve done well,

is better than any words could tell.

But oh! what sadness would be mine

if what I’d done did not seem fine,

if I denied Him by word or deed,

if I had sown corrupted seed.

Yet, my Father smiles down at me

releasing the bonds to set me free

for His burden and yoke is light indeed

and of my guilt He has no need.

It’s in this release that I abide

close to my Father’s loving side,

for it’s a pleasure to serve my King,

a purely joy-filled easy thing.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Imagination of an author

Last night I saw a man on high

he soared above the purple sky

he was the man upon the moon

he wouldn’t come here very soon

In the morn’ I saw a girl adrift

but then she swam away real swift

she was a mermaid, did you know

I had no choice but let her go

I then bent down at a mushroom

which was being swept with a broom

when the man saw me, he scuttled away

nothing I did would make the dwarf stay

I found a fairy on a petal

painting it to shine like metal

I passed a unicorn in the field

but though I called, it would not yield

All these wondrous things I’d seen

will never be, and have never been

but I conjured them up just for fun

to make your life a more pleasurable one

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Five worms

Yesterday I had seen a worm

not one, but really there were five,

and though this wasn’t new to me,

I learned from this, God was alive.

When I bent down over the first,

He told me there would be four more

and as I plodded along the path,

God Himself was keeping score.

I learned something about His will,

about how He would always intervene,

I learned how He would not back down

once He decided what should have been.

As I walked and talked with Him,

I learned that my help was not required,

that God would see the whole thing through

with no assistance from me acquired.

In the end I had seen five worms,

but these I did not really get to know

for it was to God that I was introduced

in this spectacular nature show.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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The ruin

I want to walk where others walked,

think the thoughts that others thought,

and as I put my foot upon this stone

I want to know what made this home.

I see the rubble all around it

where previously love abounded

and I wonder what has failed man here,

was it truth, or was it fear?

I wish that I could be here then

when the house caved to the will of men,

but as a I stand upon this site,

I am witness to a desperate plight.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Dolphin School

I sat on the rocks and looked at the sea

and oh, what a treasure awaited me,

for as my gaze swept over the scene

a dolphin emerged there, all agile and lean.

His pleasure was clear as he somersaulted

over the water from which he catapulted

and I wondered what else still dwelt below

the dark waters that fascinated me so.

I bet there were plenty of fish all around,

yet not one of them made a single sound

and aside from the dolphins, they all seemed to know

that it was safer to hide, than to put on a show.

Then I wondered if there was a lesson for me

hidden in all that I could not see;

sometimes God asks me to simply believe

and to remember the eye can also deceive.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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In company with God

Lord, I give You all my life

all my troubles and my strife

every triumph, even fear,

as long as You will draw me near.

Lord, I can not live without

the knowledge that You are about,

for knowing You are near to me

is what energizes me.

Lord, I have nothing more to gain

all I worked for now seem vain,

for in You I find clarity,

to be who I was meant to be.

So Lord, accept my willing heart

and may I never from You depart,

take my future and my past

for life that will forever last.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Internet-maats

Wie is jy my internet-maat

wat so graag met my wil praat?

Wat het jou nou laat besluit

jy sonder my bo ander uit?

Jy vind my op sosiale media

waar jy jou soos 'n jintelman gedra,

waar ek wonder oor die regte lewe -

leef jy daar ook so oor sleg verhewe?

Dis maklik om 'n front voor te hou,

om my te laat glo jy’s te vertrou,

as ek net gekose kiekies van jou sien,

wat my met geselekteerde frases bedien.

Wie is jy werklik agter die glas,

ek vra nie na jou klas of ras -

ek wil weet wat maak jou so besonder

dat jy dink ek sal my oor jou verwonder?

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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The greatest calling

Last night I dreamed I went to You

to see what You would have me do,

and as I stood there in Your sight,

I was awestruck by Your splendid might.

I realized then what I did not know,

that You did not need me to bend the bow,

to defend Your honour and Your Name

to those who brought it discredit and shame.

I thought You’d need me to say something,

to let the heavens with praises ring,

but again I seemed to get it wrong,

for the angels were already singing that song.

I then looked down at my hands and feet,

to look for something there You might need,

but You smiled and only shook Your head,

dismissing me to return to bed.

I did not want to let it go,

promptly insisting on letting You know

that I had worth that I could bring to You,

that there was loads that I could do.

You smiled and told me to get some rest,

that You knew I always gave You my best.

You then bent down to find my ear,

whispering something I desperately needed to hear.

You did not need my words or deeds

to fill man’s seemingly bottomless needs;

You created me to be loved by You,

and to love You back was the best I could do.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
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