After some fantastic safaris in Save Valley, we climbed decided it was time to watch a Zimbabwe sunset.
We traveled up this path to a kopje and I couldn't help but wonder: would it live up to the stunning Senegalese sunsets?
And then the sun started to descend over the mountains in southeastern Zimbabwe.
And the wildlife seemed to all pause and watch too.
And sometimes the beauty of nature reminds you of poetry.
“You cannot leave Africa,” Africa said.
“It is always with you, There inside your head.
Our rivers run in currents in the swirl
Of your thumbprints; our drumbeats counting out your pulse,
Our coastline, the silhouette of your soul.”
So Africa smiled a little....
Full text of the poem:
Africa Smiled
dedicated to Madiba
(Nelson Mandela)
Bridget Dore
Africa smiled
A little
When you left.
“We know you,”
Africa said,
“We have seen
And watched you,
We can learn
To live
Without you,
But
We know
We needn’t
Yet.”
And Africa smiled
A little
When you left.
“You cannot
Leave Africa,”
Africa said.
“It is always with you,
There inside your head.
Our rivers run
In currents
In the swirl
Of your thumbprints;
Our drumbeats
Counting out your pulse,
Our coastline,
The silhouette of your soul.”
So Africa smiled
A little
When you left.
“We are in you,”
Africa said.
“You have not
Left us,
Yet.”
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