The time for reconnoitre expeditions <br />to icy remote places, to the highest peaks <br />and the to the depths of the primeval forests <br />are archaic and past. <br /> <br />The time for reconnoitre expeditions <br />to neighbouring countries <br />where military fighting was present <br />are seen by some <br />as vague legends and vague victories <br /> <br />where every moment could hold death <br />but any facts about those discovery expeditions, <br />reconnoitre of the inhospitable wilderness, <br />discovery of battle tanks, armoured cars, <br />helicopters that buzzed along like beetles <br />and the military action that followed <br />are avoided in this time of peace <br /> <br />and all that remains <br />is to climb to the peaks of the wind <br />with a oxygen mask; <br />to jump from very high <br />into the blue space <br />or with similar breathing apparatus <br />to explore and discover <br />the depths of the ocean.<br /><br />Gert Strydom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reconnoitre-expeditions-in-answer-to-johan-myburg/
