<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367533" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sisters</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lionesses rested there, <br>Two sisters side-by-side...<br>Both breathing gently, without care, <br>Yet their eyes open wide...<br>The day was long, the air was still, <br>The sun was warm not hot<br>And clouds sailed by the distant hill, <br>While they stayed in their spot...<br>To some, these were of royal birth, <br>Princesses and revered.<br>To others, they possessed no worth<br>And nothing to be cheered...<br>Yet for each other, there was love, <br>Affection day-by-day...<br>A tenderness that proved enough, <br>No matter, come what may...<br>As tiny cubs, they'd fooled around, <br>Rejoicing playfully...<br>Receiving every sight and sound, <br>With thanks they'd been born free...<br>For them, the training ground must wait<br>Until another time...<br>The time was now, their adult state, <br>When they were in their prime...<br>Each day, their hunting skills combined<br>To grant them new success<br>And having dined, they now reclined, <br>Both comfy, more or less...<br>They lived their lives, as lions must, <br>In order to survive...<br>Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...<br>Or hunt to stay alive...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Sisters'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed 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=367533" data-title="Sisters de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lionesses rested there, Two sisters side-by-side... Both breathing gently, without care, Yet their eyes open wide... The day was long, the air was still, The sun was warm not hot And clouds sailed by the distant hill, While they stayed in ..."></div> </div> </div>

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