The Bushman Tracker Poem by Gert Strydom

Men with eyes like his
has a special ability
to see, to comprehend
reading the distances
but also the cryptic tell tale
of tracks left on the ground
and finding greater meaning
from small things

and he can immediately tell
the number of animals or men
and can point out exactly what
had passed and tell exactly when

and we could follow him on an enemy track
being secure to trace
a couple of passing men
over the open veldt.