SNOW LEOPARD, TOO...

Snow leopards can be quite aloof,
Yet I was oh so close,
Determined that I catch the truth
A precious few still knows...
My camera zoom adjusted to
His solemn face alone,
In black and white I caught the view
Of simply flesh and bone...

Yet what I saw that time I clicked
Was more than words could say,
As if I sensed how this cat ticked,
His lifestyle to relay...
For he, like me, could hardly stand
The bitter cold we felt,
Yet only I prayed for this land
And that cold snow to melt...

He had to live without the faith
That hopelessness can bring,
Now gone the courage to be brave...
Believing anything...
Some saints I've met have that look, too,
Devoid of joy within...
To such as these, I say to you,
Stand fast and don't give in...


Denis Martindale, copyright February 2016.

A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.


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