<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367003" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Cheetah Vigil</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cheetah vigil first began<br>When hunters searched for game, <br>With rifles hanging from each man<br>Until they each took aim...<br>Then friends and foes were near to death, <br>As they fell one-by-one, <br>Upon the ground to fight for breath, <br>Before their lives were done...<br>The sound of guns would spook the birds<br>That settled in the trees.<br>The elephants were lost for words, <br>As death crept by degrees...<br>The orphaned remnant left behind<br>Escaped while they had time, <br>With grief still stirring in each mind<br>At such a ghastly crime.<br>What magic would men think of next? <br>What callous acts would come? <br>The cheetah paused, looked back perplexed, <br>Like others feeling numb...<br>Who gave these men the right to kill<br>For souvenirs not food? <br>To stand and fire guns at will<br>In this calm neighbourhood? <br>The cheetah sighed with great dismay<br>That chilled his very soul, <br>Yet kept his vigil through that day<br>With utmost self-control...<br>Tenacity can change the heart, <br>Turn good folks into bad, <br>These hunters came and wouldn't part<br>Till they'd got what was had...<br>From this day forth, the rules had changed, <br>The cheetah knew that well...<br>For now, no peace could be arranged<br>Within this newborn Hell.<br>The vigilant may yet survive, <br>Forewarned with time to hide...<br>To stay the fastest cat alive<br>Despite the grief inside...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Cheetah Vigil'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems: <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=367003" data-title="Cheetah Vigil de Denis Martindale" data-description="The cheetah vigil first began When hunters searched for game, With rifles hanging from each man Until they each took aim... Then friends and foes were near to death, As they fell one-by-one, Upon the ground to fight for breath, Before their li..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black