INDIAN TIGER FAMILY

Indian tiger family
So peaceful at this time,
Together in such harmony
That all appears sublime...
For now, each cub has no concerns,
No hungers and no pains
And nothing that each heart still yearns,
As long as this remains...

Yet life continues day-by-day,
Soon food and drink they'll need,
No more the winsome times of play
When they're consumed by greed...
Till then, this hour casts its spell,
Its other-worldly feel,
Yet this must pass and bid farewell,
No longer quite so real...

Indian tiger family
With all this hour brings,
I envy your tranquillity
Above all other things...
For not all humans feel so blessed,
For some live on their own,
Your family's a treasure chest,
Each day you're not alone...


Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Indian Tiger Family'.


More Stephen Gayford poems here:
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