TWICE BEAUTIFUL by Dan and Sue Mills

Great Poem Dan, and YES, South Africa is best

for Amira because - joy of joys - we lack that gang

of hyenas, here we have NO paparazzi as here they

would become food for lions and hyenas, that is IF

our criminal gangs did not get them first, so Amira is

FREE to live her life unencumbered by the press that

 

Drove Charlotte Church insane in the good old British

Isles - not to speak of what happened to Princess Diana!

Here our life is infinitely protected because conditions

are dangerous, our homes are behind burglar bars and

barbed wire, we have to lock our cars when we drive

around, but we smile and wave at each other, we flash

 

Our lights to say thank you when another car lets us pass,

the taxi drivers are the friendliest people I have ever come

across, and when we press a panic button, big men with

very big guns charge around and chase whatever may have

scared us in our homes, and security guards are handsome,

exciting people with integrity & there are no open channels

 

On TV with porn and smut open for small kids to see, we

can choose to protect our morals and integrity, and Amira

and Fincent can enjoy their childhood like children should,

running free without delinquent gangs forcing cigarettes

and drugs on them, and they can go to church without

seeming to be lonely weirdos, because religion here still

 

Has deep meaning, and Amira can meet the children she

loves in her playgrounds and take care of them, and meet

the animals in so many private and national reserves, and

while Europeans form only 7% or less of the population, the

African people are the warmest, friendliest, happiest people

and they embrace Amira with delight and they are honest,

 

Uncomplicated and filled with a joie de vivre that makes me

sing and laugh with them, just the right place for Amira to sing

and hone her acting skills, and the Europeans love to meet

and do not try to grab each other by the throat and chew young

artists up and spit them out - South Africa is quite a paradise,

one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and to live here

 

In our warm sunshine and fresh air is like experiencing a slice

of paradise, and the privilege for us of having Amira here where

she belongs because of her maternal heritage, is indescribable,

she is with the madcaps of my Afrikaans-speaking compatriots

where her brilliant sense of humour makes her the brightest jewel

in our crown, I hope you see she is in the most wonderful place

 

Where she could ever be, thank you for this marvelous poem,

YES indeed - TWICE BEAUTIFUL by Dan and Sue Rogers Mills

 

A combination that's so rare

You wonder if it's really there:

The best soprano in the world

Is also the most lovely girl!

The beauty of her voice and face

Is God's own gift. Amazing grace

 Defines Amira very well

As she proceeds to cast her spell

On all the world. We're at her feet,

And nowhere else is half as sweet.

 Admiring Amira! Yes

A wondrous thought, but one can guess

We'd rather be up close to hear

A lovely singer: Our Amira.

'm glad she isn't living here.

No, not the Western Hemisphere

Where they don't care what age you are

When you're an up and coming star.

They'll chew you up and spit you out!

South Africa is best, no doubt.

They take Amira at her pace

And let her know it's not a race

Like other races she has run

And, likely, she has always won!

As Gelukskinders likes to say:

All children have a right to play.