Amber Coloured Rivers

The rolling farmlands That feeds our tribal children alike And fertile vineyards abound A tawny of sapphire seas A prodigious floral kingdom Amber coloured rivers That plunge into an ocean Of mercurial moods Roaring with stealth silence Tranquil beaches and lagoons Rocky shores and enchanting seasides The imposing cliffs and highlands Flanked by towering mountains Highvelds dry as sand Rough as a rasp Around the vast arena of the bushveld Lies a stealthy leopard A slouching serpent through the tawny grasses An impala lolling in a shade The pungent breeze of a dangling buck in a lion's mouth The swiftness fling of a cheetah's wrath My humble abode My South Africa Land of scenic splendours....