Greeting her African plain.
An exultant savannah
Embraces the waterhole
Whose crystal waters mirror
The promise
Of African Dawn.
A golden savannah,
Emerald-studded
With diamond splashes;
Set in a sapphire sky.
Chalice
Of life’s elixir.
A shot cracks.
The rhino falls.
Death's thud.
A Fool's cheer.
Animals scatter,
Disappear.
Bloodied water
Tarnishes forever
The glowing promise
Of African Dawn.
Sharon Heaney Stansfield