THE JOURNEY HOME

The elephant was on her way,
Her calf was close nearby,
You should've seen their bodies sway,
Both marching, heads held high!
'Keep up with me! Left, right! Left, right!'
The calf was telling Mum,
The two of them were quite a sight,
Since so far had they come...

For many miles, the calf endured,
Without a thought to stop,
But Mum, of course, was quite assured,
His legs would flip and flop...
His trunk would droop and trail the ground,
His pace no longer fast,
With barely strength to make a sound,
As even more miles past...

And sure enough, she heard those words,
That parents often get...
The journey home, it's for the birds!
'Hey, Mum, are we there yet!?'
'A few miles more!' she told him straight...
He moaned and groaned, of course...
It's just right then, though life was great,
He'd rather be a horse!


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2012.

My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'The Journey Home'.

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