Wildlife Wednesdays

~ Roots & Branches ~

The Roots are in Africa
But the branches in the sky ...
Legends and tales of Ancestors,
Live and never die.
Baobab trees soars
And Lemurs learn to fly.

Along the majestic Tsiribihina
The sun illuminates our way.
drifting the gorge of the waterfall
of Anosin Ampela.
Oblivious to Nature's beckoning beauty,
We embrace Nature's glory,
Aware of our fragility.

The fading light in the grand expanse,
Picking the strands that matter,
The sun beams a golden path on the water,
And now and then, a wistful glance.

Once you've seen his form and face,
The reason isn't hard to trace,
Why he lies all alone,
The Gecko lying on a stone.

Within our souls,
Within our mind,
There lies a place
We strive to find.

Home in our hearts,
A land of such mirth.
Smoke-coloured stone,
Flame-coloured Earth.
Electric skies, quaking heat,
and blood-red clay earth beneath our feet.

The music og Madagascar beats in the wind,
and its coluors dazzle in the sun,
A palette of nature without a sound,
While Malagasy stories reverberate around.

We travelled and ancient life, too old to name,
and a land, too wild to tame,
Our hearts and souls were so deeply caught,
in a life of people, with deep though.

~Anita Dayal Soin

The Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park is the largest protected area in Madagascar, and a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.

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