Serengeti Dreaming

We were dancing on the moon,

with all the stars in our eyes.

In that wild elegy where

antelopes played violins

and elephants played pianos,

everything felt weightless—

until gravity pulled me back

to the vast savannah of the Serengeti.

I could only watch

your silhouette drifting farther and farther,

until the planet’s slow rotation

made you disappear.

I don’t remember your face anymore.

Only a few of your voices remain,

engraved like faint lines

in the sand of my palms—

the last evidence I have

of the dance I once had with you.

A black and white photograph of a leopard perched in a bare tree.

Dramatic silhouette of wildlife against dark sunset sky.

Tall giraffe walks among acacia trees in the golden African savanna.

Lone acacia tree stands silhouetted against dramatic cloudy sky on African savanna.

African wildlife grazes on the savanna during a colorful sunset with scattered acacia trees.

Wildlife gathers at a waterhole surrounded by acacia trees in an African landscape.

Two impala rams lock horns in combat amid green vegetation.

Close-up pattern of zebra stripes creating abstract black and white natural design.

Herd of zebras running across vast African savanna under dramatic cloudy sky.

Large flock of white pelicans gathered along a shoreline under bright blue sky.

Herd of African elephants walking through tall grass in the savanna.

Lions resting on top of a large rocky outcrop against blue sky.

African savanna landscape with acacia trees and antelope grazing in golden grassland.

Single reedbuck standing alert in tall savanna grass.

Topi antelopes running through green savanna grassland with scattered acacia trees.

Lion cubs resting together on wet rocks in misty conditions.

Group of Cape buffalo grazing in tall golden grass on the African savanna.

Herd of elephants walking in line across African savanna with acacia trees.

Close-up black and white pattern of zebra stripes showing natural camouflage.

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