<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367186" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Handsome</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">To think that the adult lion<br>Was once a tiny thing.<br>So his mother kept her eye on<br>This one who would be king.<br>She knew that he was full of life, <br>Vivacious, full of fun! <br>Yet he must learn to conquer strife<br>And fight until he's won.<br>No easy street, no gentle road, <br>No straight smooth path ahead...<br>For him, there was a higher code, <br>Just like a thoroughbred...<br>Each day would be a battlefield, <br>Pretenders for his throne, <br>Contenders waiting still concealed<br>Until they are full grown...<br>For now he was a handsome beast<br>With tiny hidden scars...<br>Aware that others never ceased, <br>He dare not let them pass...<br>He met each challenge with a sneer<br>And then a grisly growl...<br>Yet knowing he would win and jeer<br>And hear his loser howl...<br>It's Nature's way... it's raw, it's wild, <br>It's life and death, my friend...<br>No place for those so meek, so mild, <br>With no thought to defend...<br>This handsome lion knows his worth, <br>His offspring know it, too...<br>His mother knew it from his birth...<br>A winner through and through! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Handsome'. </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=367186" data-title="Handsome de Denis Martindale" data-description="To think that the adult lion Was once a tiny thing. So his mother kept her eye on This one who would be king. She knew that he was full of life, Vivacious, full of fun! Yet he must learn to conquer strife And fight until he's won. No easy street..."></div> </div> </div>

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