<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367121" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Fondness</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two penguins stood in one embrace, <br>United side-by-side, <br>Despite the coldness of the place, <br>They shared a sense of pride...<br>An inner warmth then grew within, <br>Like humans often feel, <br>As fondness grows and dreams begin<br>When something seems so real...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ice stayed cold beneath their feet, <br>The sky stayed blue above, <br>Yet God knew how they looked so sweet, <br>As warmth turned into love...<br>From that day on, these two stayed close, <br>Contented lives to live, <br>For each goes where the other goes, <br>Companionship to give...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That's why they never felt alone, <br>Each sheltered from remorse, <br>While others nurtured hearts of stone, <br>As if the only course...<br>I envy all that fondness shared, <br>No matter, day or night, <br>Alas, for me, nobody cared...<br>And folks, that just ain't right...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Fondness'. </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=367121" data-title="Fondness de Denis Martindale" data-description="Two penguins stood in one embrace, United side-by-side, Despite the coldness of the place, They shared a sense of pride... An inner warmth then grew within, Like humans often feel, As fondness grows and dreams begin When something seems so re..."></div> </div> </div>

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