So much more happy than before (Common Measure Octave)

So much more happy than before
with love you have made me,
as destiny had brought me loss
and you tranquillity,
forever you I do adore
and in your eyes I see
a lovely golden kind of gloss;
as true love has to be.

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Yesterday you read book

Yesterday you read a book
and at times while you watch television
you are so caught up
that reality
flies past you.

Still you know exactly what I think
and where my thoughts are going,
before I speak about things.

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When lightning strikes out

When lightning strikes out,
disappears far over the horizon,
when lightning strikes out
flaming suddenly blue-white to below,
when the sun disappears behind clouds
big drops do appear;
when lightning strikes out.

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In the veldt while on military patrol (septilla / Spanish septet)

When sleeping in the veldt, the bush
while on military patrol
even if you are in control
out of your boots a snake may rush
and a crocodile you may meet
snapping its jaws at your feet
while toward the river you push.

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Somewhere in the night

Somewhere in the night
in my sleep,
I could feel you
laying against me.

You flung your warm arm
over me and the creaking of the tree
in the strong wind
made me lie still closer to you
and the night
was lost in sleep.

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A full red moon hangs in the night sky

A full red moon
hangs in the night sky
and birds fly past in silhouette

and the leopard
in my soul jumps out
to take the tract
and roars resounding in the dark night
and sneaks, sneaks past
till where you wait for me.

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The Secretary - Bird

Out of the air it lands
with wings flapping
before the snake can stop it.
Out of the air it lands
strikes deadly at the poisonous adder
with a razor sharp beak that injures,
out of the air it lands
with wings flapping.

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I love you girl

I love you girl,
you once again are making me young,
while I find love in your heart
that touches my life,
eternally I am bound to you
whatever we go through;
nothing can devour our love,
as it is protected by God.

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An Ibis Screeched Outside In The Garden

An ibis screeched outside
in the garden
suddenly slapped its big bronze-brown wings
and touched
by the frenzy you turned around,
without a word
pulled me deep into your arms,
suddenly you covered my face with kisses.

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You give a smile

You give a smile
that makes my legs lame
and your eyes,
tells their own story.

Your lips are wet and soft
and when you lie
with your hot body next to me,
nobody have to say a word
and I am glad
that you are part of me.

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