<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367420" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>One For The Road</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger's throat was mighty dry<br>As he walked to the stream, <br>With water there in sweet supply, <br>The answer to his dream...<br>His thirst would soon be at an end, <br>This time he would survive, <br>With water as his lifelong friend<br>To help him stay alive...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger stooped to take a sip, <br>The water tasted good<br>Upon the tongue, upon the lip, <br>Just like he knew it would...<br>And all the once, the tiger smiled, <br>For life was going well<br>And thus enchanted and beguiled, <br>He chose to stay a spell...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He waded further on then swam, <br>With water on all sides, <br>As if he were a playful lamb, <br>Supported as he glides...<br>Such wistful times offset the worst, <br>A lifetime of regrets...<br>Beyond his great initial thirst<br>The tiger soon forgets...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, May 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'One For The Road'. </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=367420" data-title="One For The Road de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tiger's throat was mighty dry As he walked to the stream, With water there in sweet supply, The answer to his dream... His thirst would soon be at an end, This time he would survive, With water as his lifelong friend To help him stay alive..."></div> </div> </div>

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