As Man Left The Shore (Reply To Anthony Delius) Poem by Gert Strydom

As man left the shore
venturing over the first horizon
the open blue sea
laid unknown, without route,
even a map in front of him

and it was not in his mind
that he sailed beyond where he
at first could see
and ventured further away
from the know quay

and through the fog in the west
came upon other beaches, other shores
explored new lands, found other places
set his foot on other sand

constructed buildings, shelters,
planted seed for crops
and gathered in families

and the last man still knows
what experience, knowledge
and tales of his ancestors he have learned
and prays and yearns to do service
to his God who created every thing
and in perfection
do not have to recreate or invent again
in a universe that exists without end.

[Reference: Reply to Pessoa by Anthony Delius.]