<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367297" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Keeping Watch</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The zebras stood there in a line<br>And almost side-by-side.<br>Their eyes were staring for a sign<br>That could serve as a guide.<br>If dangers lurked, then eyes and ears<br>Would warn them when to run...<br>Their instincts helped them through the years, <br>Yet they must fight the sun...<br>For up above, it blasted down<br>With heat beyond belief...<br>To melt the blue, the green and brown<br>And linger like a thief...<br>Just one mistake and some would die<br>And so they stood and chewed...<br>And watched each hour pass them by, <br>In their long solemn mood...<br>No false alarms had happened yet<br>And so they stood their ground...<br>United in each other's debt<br>For anything they found...<br>A sudden stirring chilled their blood! <br>In seconds, they had gone! <br>Like cavalry, their hooves would thud, <br>As lions stood alone...<br>This battle won, the zebras lived<br>To see another day...<br>With vigilence their greatest gift, <br>They chewed and chewed away...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Keeping Watch'. </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=367297" data-title="Keeping Watch de Denis Martindale" data-description="The zebras stood there in a line And almost side-by-side. Their eyes were staring for a sign That could serve as a guide. If dangers lurked, then eyes and ears Would warn them when to run... Their instincts helped them through the years, Yet they..."></div> </div> </div>

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