The Last Great Ape

If you set out on a journey pray that the road is long
A wandering without apparent aim a blind groping
So you come to know earth’s harshness not just by sight but by touch
So that you measure yourself against the world with your whole skin

When you come to know don’t speak of knowing
Learn the world again like an Ionian philosopher
Know the taste of water and fire of air and earth
For they will remain when all has passed away

So if there is a journey pray that it be long
A true journey from which you do not return
A copying of the world an elemental journey
A dialogue with nature an unanswered question
A pact forced after a battle
From “Journey”

By Zbigniew Herbert
Taken from Ofir Drori and David McDannald
The Last Great Ape

I began reading The Last Great Ape if you want a very very good, easy read. Want to know more about African climate; culture, natives, and life~ pick this book up. It has some revealing photographs about the illegal bush meat trade, but if you can bear this, you will learn about LAGA a “NEW version” NGO and author’s Ofir Drori’s battle, struggle, and will to end this hideous crime against our close animal relatives.