AFRICA UNTAMED
By Wayne Visser
Africa
is wild:
A
land untamed
A
people unshamed
A
life unrestrained
Yet
there are those who would tame Africa
Who
would break her unbridled spirit
Who
would cage her soaring mind
Who
would chain her flexing body
Rest
assured:
They
will fail
Like
so many before them
And
so many yet to come
For
Africa is a savage hunter
Forever
hungry for the next kill
Always
preying on her weakest
Stained
red in tooth and claw
Africa
is free:
A
land unyoked
A
people uncloaked
A
life unrevoked
Yet
there are those who would prune Africa
Who
would neaten her untidy people
Who
would lop off her thorny tribes
Who
would fortify her porous borders
Be
assured:
They
will fail
Like
countless before them
And
countless yet to come
For
Africa is a sprawling jungle
Entangled
with human tendrils
Locked
in a deadly struggle for life
All
competing for a place in the sun
Africa
is changing:
A
land evolving
A
people resolving
A
life revolving
Yet
there are those who would calm Africa
Who
would tranquillise her young agitators
Who
would defuse her creative tensions
Who
would dampen down her wild passions
Remain
assured:
They
will fail
Like
generations before them
And
generations yet to come
For
Africa is a raging tempest
Howling
with dreams and desires
Thundering
with anger and pain
Flashing
with imagination and inspiration
Africa
may be many things –
Wild
and free and changing –
But
there is one thing Africa is not:
Africa
is not for taming
Copyright 2015
