<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367377" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mountain Myth</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Snow leopards once were thought as myths, ghostly apparitions, <br>Upon the mountains and on cliffs, mostly superstitions.<br>Then photographs so quickly proved what first was hard to see -<br>The way they laid, the way they moved, no more a mystery.<br>Yet when I look, there's still a part that takes my breath away, <br>A majesty that strikes my heart, no matter, come what may.<br>For beauty still affects my soul, my spirit and my mind, <br>Such that it swiftly takes control, as if a spell to bind.<br>Cat lovers know their soft embrace, that purring noise they make.<br>No other creature takes their place, of that, there's no mistake.<br>Imagine, then, if leopards, too, befriended Man as well, <br>With purring noise said, 'I love you! ' What tales we each could tell.<br>When Adam walked upon the Earth, with Eve right by his side, <br>The animals all knew their worth, each owned a sense of pride, <br>Each walked in peace, it all made sense, till sin and then the Fall.<br>Alas, we all know violence... its bitter taste is gall.<br>Snow leopards raise their families and do the best they can.<br>All creatures long to live in peace, yet none strives more than Man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>More Stephen Gayford poems here: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">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=367377" data-title="Mountain Myth de Denis Martindale" data-description="Snow leopards once were thought as myths, ghostly apparitions, Upon the mountains and on cliffs, mostly superstitions. Then photographs so quickly proved what first was hard to see - The way they laid, the way they moved, no more a mystery. Yet w..."></div> </div> </div>

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