SURVIVAL INSTINCT!

White tigers know a thing or two,
Their senses are quite keen,
But then it's knowing what to do,
Stay still, serene or mean?
The adult tiger knew much more
Than that small cub that day
And yet how could each one ignore
When fear won't go away?

The cub had everything to lose,
Perhaps with no way out,
With faith the instinct left to choose
To overcome its doubt...
For adult tigers do their best
When instinct tells them to
And so the cub its fear suppressed,
Believing they'd get through...

The safest place was there and then,
No running off alone
And just like counting upto ten
Helps courage to be shown...
This time, the danger gently past,
This time, to disapppear...
This time, no need to stay downcast,
This time, the coast was clear...


Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2013.


A second poem based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Instinct'.


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