denis-martindaleWriter's Blog...Stephen Gayford Poetry: STAYING CLOSE

Monday 25 July 2011

STAYING CLOSE

The lioness and cub laid down
And rested where they were...
As if to melt away each frown
That life makes to occur...
And in that golden time they knew
What love was all about...
Just staying close, affection grew,
Of that there was no doubt.

At times like these, they were like friends,
Their bodies side-by-side...
Upon each other, each depends,
That couldn't be denied.
For this young cub would grow as tall
With teeth and claws to match...
No longer cute and vulnerable,
Who knows what it would catch?

One day, the hunting must begin,
That's one of Nature's Laws...
Sometimes to lose, sometimes to win,
Such truth not one ignores...
Yes, life goes on, today must cease
Despite their family ties...
To take with them that precious peace,
A peace beyond all price...

Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2011.

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The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Staying Close'.

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