<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366963" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Battle Scars</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion's eyes looked dead ahead, <br>No smile or smirk in sight, <br>Just sending out a sense of dread<br>That others may take flight...<br>Why fight if you can run away? <br>Escape the pain and strife...<br>Born free to see another day, <br>Another day of life...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion's mouth concealed his teeth, <br>Small daggers every one, <br>So sharp they'd cause you instant grief<br>Before the battle's won...<br>And 'neath his dainty-looking paws, <br>So gentle, silky-soft, <br>He hid his vicious callous claws<br>In wait for those who scoffed...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's true that he had battle scars, <br>Yet he had learnt his trade, <br>No longer thinking it a farce, <br>A game that lions played...<br>One lion wins, it can't be two...<br>One lion takes the prize! <br>That's why he'll do what he must do...<br>Look deep into his eyes....</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, June 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Battle Scars'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366963" data-title="Battle Scars de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lion's eyes looked dead ahead, No smile or smirk in sight, Just sending out a sense of dread That others may take flight... Why fight if you can run away? Escape the pain and strife... Born free to see another day, Another day of life... ..."></div> </div> </div>

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