For Yourself.

You must listen to the elephant

You must smell the summer
You must taste the gem squash
You must make the children laugh
You must hug the Sisis
You must observe the pride of the people
You must see the bee eaters
You must listen to the cheetah purr
You must feel the wrongdoing of a country
You must witness the forgiveness
You must slow yourself to African time
You must taste the sweet wine of the beautiful land
You must listen to where the two oceans meet
You must lose your balance to the cape doctor
You must listen to the ancient languages
You must make short lefts and wide rights
You must stick to the middle
You must savor the rich wonderful chocolate chilled
You must marvel at the insects and the spiders
You must gasp at the African Rock Python
You must giggle with the baby Rhino
You must wrap your arms around South Africa
And then tuck it safe in your heart.