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Ons sien dit oral om ons heen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

waar mense lag en leef en ween<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n maskerw\u00eareld wat verskuil <\/p>\n\n\n\n

wat die hart oor jubel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

en soms oor huil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

gemaskerde gesigte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

versteek die pyn van doodsberigte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

van papier wat in die nanag kraak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

met woorde wat weer heel wil maak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hierdie harlekyn <\/p>\n\n\n\n

soek net na j\u00f3\u00fa, my lam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vir j\u00f3\u00fa wil sy haar masker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

aan \u2019n kapstok hang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

haar hunker hart is skaam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

waar sy al die eensaam jare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

agter \u2019n wegsteek-masker staan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

niemand weet meer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hoe glinsterende o\u00eb <\/p>\n\n\n\n

agter maskers lyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

want hierdie maskerw\u00eareld <\/p>\n\n\n\n

het aan openhartigheid beswyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n mengelmoes gesigte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wat gevoelloos in die verte staar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iewers iewers daar buite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hunker iemand \u00earens <\/p>\n\n\n\n

om na die prente in j\u00f3\u00fa o\u00eb te staar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sy vra net een kans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

om haar hart se skans te sak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vir jou wil sy haar wegkruip-masker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in vreesloosheid se tas wegpak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

maar hierdie harlekyn <\/p>\n\n\n\n

soek net na jou, my lam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vir j\u00f3\u00fa wil sy haar masker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

aan \u2019n kapstok hang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

haar hunkerhart is skaam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

waar sy al die eensaam jare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

agter \u2019n wegsteek-masker staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\n Deur \u00a9 Almarie Truter, <\/name><\/superbyline><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saldanha<\/address>\n\n\n\n

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