Innerlike stryd

Vanoggend voel my menswees broos,

kom soek ek by my Vader troos

Ek het die hele nag weer rondgerol,

my lakens inmekaar getol.

Nes ek dink ek’s met dit klaar,

dan staan dit weer reusagtig daar

en dan begin ek weer te hoop -

ek dog ek is daarvan gestroop.

Moet ek hoop en moet ek glo,

of is hierdie ding dalk nie van bo?

Is dit iets wat ek eerder moet vermy,

iets wat my nog seerder sal laat kry?

Ek wens ek kon die antwoord weet,

moet ek onthou, of eerder vergeet

moet ek daarvoor bid, of eerder daarteen -

'n blik in die toekoms kan klaarheid verleen

My Vader staan buite plek en tyd

en by Hom is daar nie eensydigheid,

dus gee ek dit weereens aan Hom oor

en vra wat hou Sy wil vir my in stoor.

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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Kontreitaal

“Komaan mense! Gee gehoor.

Kom leen my elke leë oor.

Hoor hoe kruip ek uit my dop,

kom hoor die dinge in my kop.”

So praat jy trots in Afrikaans

terwyl jy ritmies staan en dans

op die kwinkslae van jou eie klank

onbewus van die vuil stank.

Ek wonder of jy nie kan lees

of wat was agter jou gewees

dat jy nie beter woorde ken

om nuwe vriende mee te wen.

“Namakwalanners praat maar so,”

is retoriek wat jy vas glo,

maar ek luister fyn na almal daar

en vind die valsheid is nie waar.

Daar is tog woorde in ons taal

waarmee jy stories kan verhaal,

woorde wat ons almal ken

en sonder skaamte kan neerpen.

Is jy net traag om eers te dink,

kom die slegte woorde net te flink?

Vat jou tyd, moet jou nie haas,

jy is mos oor jou woorde baas.

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
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Prioriteite

Sorgeloos net soos 'n kind

het ek my aan die reënboog se punt bevind

ek het daar afgegly

en net daar gebly,

deur klatergoud totaal verblind.

Maar op 'n dag toe kry U my

waar ek aan die einde van die reënboog bly

en die dag toe U my daar vind,

toe is ek skielik nie meer blind,

maar van al die onbelang bevry.

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
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Mes, mis, missie

Vanoggend skiet my woorde kort

en kry ek niks uit die sleutelbord,

want jy is weg

en niks voel reg

ek sweer jy’s met my asem vo’rt

Daar is 'n leegte binne my

'n plek waarin net jy kon bly

die golf van die see

het jou weggevee

in eensaamheid sal jy my kry

Hou aan met klop, moet ek vermaan,

maar my hart se pols wil nie verstaan

want die innige seer

wat hom binne verteer

gee hom geen rede om meer aan te gaan

Mt hart is stukkend, dit voel gebreek

jy het my met 'n ander verneuk

hoe ek daarmee saam moet leef

vra ek nou al tevergeef

met 'n mes wat diep in my rug insteek

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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Fear vs. Trust

Father, today is like a brand new stage

with a brand new war that I must wage,

but my mind keeps racing to and fro

between the things that I don’t know.

My faith seems weak and frail to me,

as if I’m not loved especially

by the One who made the earth

and is still present at each new birth.

Why do I doubt and fail to believe

as if you had, or could ever deceive

even one of Your children for a single day,

Oh! why can I not keep my fears at bay?

I will choose not to trust how I feel

but rather make one more desperate appeal

that You should hear my frantic plea

and that You’d rush over to assist me.

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
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Winter Flu

I have the pesky winter flu

and I simply don’t know what to do

for when I cough I loose my voice,

but cough I must, I have no choice.

There is a drip-drip in my throat

which seems to have no antidote

So I cough and sneeze and wheeze

asking the doctor to stop this please.

Alas, the flu will have to run its course

and won’t be done till I am hoarse.

Until then I will put my tissues in a bin

and make sure I take my medicine.

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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God came to my bed

During the night God came to my bed

and when He came the illness fled,

the cough that had me up at night

sped away at God’s healing might.

God also came to heal my head

and do the things that He had said,

for somehow I had stopped believing,

given in to thoughts that were deceiving.

He also tended to my tumultuous soul

for contact with others had taken its toll

and He knew how cruel mankind could be,

and had responded to my desperate plea.

God tended to my bruised human shell

with water from His life-giving well

and restored me to who He had made

unwilling to simply let me fade.

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.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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