ISABEL'S FAREWELL TO AFRICA

GOODBYE TO AFRICA

Goodbye green acacia trees
Goodbye strong women
Who carry loads upon their heads
Goodbye forked lightning
Glorious African thunderstorms
Goodbye

Goodbye smoky braais
Goodbye blue, blue skies
Goodbye jacaranda forests
Goodbye Southern Cross of stars
Goodbye

Goodbye blue jacket men
Goodbye throaty Afrikaans
Goodbye,boerewors
Goodbye, six inch millipedes
Goodbye

Goodbye red earth
Goodbye young buck
Goodbye colourful rand
Goodbye roadside zebra
Goodbye

Goodbye joyful Africa
Goodbye mourning Africa
Goodbye enticing Africa
Goodbye dangerous Africa
Goodbye

Goodbye beautiful Africa
Goodbye shocking Africa
Goodbye wild Africa
Goodbye complicated Africa
Goodbye Africa


Isabel Crawley upon leaving South Africa for London