SNUGGLE UP!

The lioness was with her cub,
The apple of her eye!
She told the cub to snuggle up,
Not just to stay close by...
For there are times, life takes its toll
And times meant just for this,
A chance to pause, not take a stroll,
But simply one of bliss...

The comfort zone, where hearts entwine,
Where both minds think alike,
When I am yours and you are mine,
The world can take a hike...
The two of us and nothing more,
Amid a gentle breeze
That whispers, 'This is what life's for,
So, rest now, take your ease...'

That tiny cub learns day-by-day
That life is all it owns,
Beyond the times it wants to play,
Or grumble moans and groans...
There's in-between, there's tenderness,
There's silence in the sun,
There's prime time we call happiness,
When nothing much gets done!


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Snuggle Up'.


More Stephen Gayford poems here:
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My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it


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