<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398827" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mere existence (in answer to Breyten Breytenbach)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">With the hot sun daily appearing, <br>the beauty of the glittering stars at night, <br>the wind dancing through the leaves<br>it seems as if every thing is caught, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if existence is mere rejoicing<br>in which insects, birds and people are frolicking, <br>as if we are in a world that is only waiting<br>for bigger glory with each coming day</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if our lives are not measured out<br>to mere existence, as if time can last eternally, <br>as if time itself is missing, <br>only is something fleeting that we experience, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if everything is caught in the here and now, <br>in that which we experience and live through, <br>the feelings in the heart, <br>the principles of loving</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but reality<br>is filled with heartache, <br>illnesses, suffering and pain<br>with our youth that disappears, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">there is grey coming to our hairs, <br>the beauty of our faces, <br>our bodies decay with the years<br>and time is measured out for every one</div><div style="margin:10px 0">until when our lives suddenly<br>or gradually comes to a end, <br>where each one of us decays<br>like just another wilting flower.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Reference: “daar is geen tyd” (“there is no time”) by Breyten Breytenbach.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398827" data-title="Mere existence (in answer to Breyten Breytenbach) de Gert Strydom" data-description="With the hot sun daily appearing, the beauty of the glittering stars at night, the wind dancing through the leaves it seems as if every thing is caught, as if existence is mere rejoicing in which insects, birds and people are frolicking, as i..."></div> </div> </div>

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