THE COMPANIONS, TOO

When tigers choose to form a bond,
Great positives can flow,
Like energies that pass beyond
These lives, yet forward go...
Into the lives of those unborn,
As generations change,
Such that no tiger feels forlorn,
Alone, distant, or strange...

To have companions makes life great,
Because each teaches love,
Because each helps us celebrate
Each time we rise above...
And tigers feel that way as well,
As long as friends stay close,
As long as there are tales to tell
From memories they chose...

If tigers, common beasts they are,
Embrace companions near,
Or think of those who live afar,
Recalling times held dear,
Then why should we, deny such joys,
Not one thought to discuss?
Each one of us must make a choice,
You see, that's up to us!


Denis Martindale December 2016.


Poem based on the magnificent Stephen Gayford
wildlife painting. Google-search phrases
gayford prints and Stephen Gayford poetry
and also for Heaven and Earth Designs...


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Several HAED Fantasy Art artists have pictures
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THE COMPANIONS

Two tigers took their ease at last,
Companions to a fault,
Yet now the hunt and feast had past
They called things to a halt...
Breathe in, breathe out and not much more
But flick a tail or two,
The other creatures to ignore,
For what was left to do?

At times like these, the sun beats down,
Life takes a slower turn
And tigers melt away each frown,
No lessons left to learn...
No fights to fight, just faithful friends,
An afternoon's repose,
Yes, this is how each tiger spends
His time apart from foes...

Two tigers taking in the sun
And watching clouds glide by,
Birds flying high till one-by-one
They've flown across the sky...
With trees still standing year-by-year
And hills both left and right,
Two tigers' hearts were filled with cheer,
Their future looking bright...


Denis Martindale, copyright, March 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'The Companions II'.

More Stephen Gayford poems here:
denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com

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

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Update: My poem, 'An Ode To Stephen Gayford'
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http://www.gayfordgallery.com/news.htm

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