<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399339" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnets of home</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dream of building<br>a mansion, villa<br>or big white house <br>with a lot of space, <br>or maybe a Tuscan place<br>or two set on a terrace<br>on a mountain<br>with a wonderful view<br>overlooking the ocean<br>with a ivory white beach<br>that runs as far<br>as the eye can see<br>and to make it home<br>just for you and me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">II</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The birds will be our companions<br>and whales and dolphins<br>will pass in the bay<br>and a garden<br>as big as a park<br>will run all the way<br>down to the sea<br>and every plant and tree<br>that you like will be there<br>and vegetables will grow in patches<br>against the hill and there will be orchards<br>with juicy red, yellow and orange fruit<br>and plantations with big green pines<br>will cover the rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">III</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The house will be a white pillar<br>that towers like a castle above it all<br>and a place where any wary traveller<br>will be welcome to visit and rest<br>and there will be steps coming down<br>to the bay and a lift or two or three<br>next to an azure lagoon<br>where a cool river splashes down<br>in a big pronged waterfall<br>and we will be able<br>to lie in the bright sun<br>and run with the dogs<br>on the white beach<br>like children having fun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>IV<br> <br>l’Envoi</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let others live in big crowded cities<br>and be packed into matchboxes<br>reaching up into the sky<br>and have more neighbours<br>than they care to know<br>but you and I<br>will be able to watch<br>blue waves twist and break<br>and hear the melody<br>of the rushing sea<br>and your studio and our home<br>will stretch from the hill<br>down to the aquamarine ocean<br>and touch the big sapphire sky.</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=399339" data-title="Sonnets of home de Gert Strydom" data-description="I I dream of building a mansion, villa or big white house with a lot of space, or maybe a Tuscan place or two set on a terrace on a mountain with a wonderful view overlooking the ocean with a ivory white beach that runs as far as the eye can se..."></div> </div> </div>

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