Gentle Ripples Passing - Lake Kariba

Water lapping at edge of the boat beneath the silence of the sky Swaying branches of mopane trees and fish eagles cry Wind of changing seasons and melting palates of hue in the blood red sunset glow and murky silvery water blue Elephants in numbers dot the shores hippo’s and crocodiles are at the core of many memories and visions of old Lake Kariba, in land sea full of tiger fish and bream The endless blue that roles into the distance where the sun rises and falls in panoramic vista The skeletons of petrified monuments scattered in the sea forests of pre historic trees swaying in the breeze It wasn’t always peaceful, tranquil, and still nature has no chance to relax and withdraw Scheming and dreaming in the depths of men’s mind Up Up Up goes the building and climbs Man made dam, Damn big problem How could this feet of engineering the power of ages old be so easy to tame such a wild beast as the zambezi POURING OUT THE CONCERT RAMMING THE RODS OF STEEL DRIVING THE WATER BACK INTO THE HILLS HOWEVER, THE RIVER REFUSED TO YEILD THE WALL BEGAN TO TIP, BUCKLE, AND KEEL NOT ONCE, TWICE, WATER MARCHED THROUGH LIKE A FACELESS WARRIORS, DESTROYING THE BARRIER THE FORCE OF THE RIVER WOULD NOT BE SUBDUED LIKE ALL NATURAL EVENTS, THE WAVES BEGAN TO SUBSIDE THE SOLDIERS OF BLUE WITHDREW UP WENT THE WALL, COMPLETED, IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME Animals and people lost in the rising tide from river, to dam, to lake to inland sea Great and panoramic became the horizon wide Like a whisper on the edge of wind was a grand concert of ages gone by Played out by wildlife, land, water, and sky A harmonic existence of sublime serenity Life here brings closure to one’s perspective the sent of dust and adventure is quiet infective The place of the skeleton trees, mountain passes, and copper sun still where the stars in the universe, scatterings like lost thoughts, visions, and chants chill across the forging path, that strides through this african wilderness blue Lake Kariba, the artery of the north, run straight, run true.