Amazing African Animals

Frogs as silent as the wind

With eyes watching so carefully every movement.

Ballerinas with lustrous eyes, the gazelles gaze gracefully

While watching their young.

Lions roaming their territory,

Challenging any beast that thinks it is better.

Crocodiles crawling on banks to sunbathe

Or navigating the waters for prey.

Cheetahs, the Kentucky Derby entries of the plains,

Running swiftly over the horizon,

Looking for any herbivore too slow for its herd.

Elephants walking boldly on the oasis,

Fearing no carnivore – just mankind.

Impalas raising their thin necks and two horns.

Lion cubs smelling with their adorable noses for the first time

An animal carcass that their mother brought home.

Soft baby birds,

Who loudly squawk all day,

Begging for fat, juicy worms.

The sweet aroma of rotten carcass in the air,

And a new dawn approaching every day

With new hopes and a new life.

The circle of life in Africa continues.