<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367316" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Leopard Watch</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw the leopard watch his world, <br>No second's thought for me...<br>Yet angrily his hot tail swirled, <br>Tensed up, quite anxiously...<br>He must have sensed he was observed, <br>But I was hidden well<br>And though the leopard looked unnerved, <br>I smiled he couldn't tell...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I made no sound, no sound at all, <br>In fact, I didn't move...<br>When you're afraid, you're on the ball, <br>With nothing more to prove...<br>So there he was and there I was, <br>So near and yet so far...<br>The minutes went so fast because<br>To me, he was a star! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Distinguished markings, senses taut, <br>Mouth open, teeth on show...<br>Determined something would be caught<br>Before the sun must go...<br>Then suddenly he saw me here! <br>He chased me off his turf! <br>Good God, I've never known such fear! <br>Must dash! I've seen enough! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(August 2011/The poem is based on the <br>magnificent painting by Stephen Gayford <br>called 'Leopard Watch'.)</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=367316" data-title="Leopard Watch de Denis Martindale" data-description="I saw the leopard watch his world, No second's thought for me... Yet angrily his hot tail swirled, Tensed up, quite anxiously... He must have sensed he was observed, But I was hidden well And though the leopard looked unnerved, I smiled he cou..."></div> </div> </div>

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