<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367536" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Snow Child</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The snow leopard mother and cub<br>Were resting for a while...<br>In their exclusive private club, <br>Yet neither raised a smile...<br>God turned the heat so low again, <br>That Winter sadness grew...<br>The Spring would come, yet, when, when, when! ? <br>But neither of them knew...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What leopard counts the passing days, <br>The suns and moons above? <br>What leopard's privy to God's ways<br>Or prays to Him with love? <br>The humans pray, for they've found faith...<br>They count the days and weeks...<br>They've learnt endurance to be brave<br>To wait until God speaks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For only then, will Spring arrive, <br>To melt the snows and ice, <br>So that the leopards who survive<br>Will think it Paradise! <br>At last, they'll see their sorrows melt, <br>As if they were a dream...<br>At last, they'll make their presence felt<br>And form a hunting team...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their Winter bonds will grant them strength, <br>Uniting them as one...<br>The cub will grow another length<br>To blossom in the sun...<br>Each creature has its own domain...<br>Each leopard has its spot...<br>It needs no lecture to explain, <br>This life is all it's got...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Snow Child'. </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=367536" data-title="Snow Child de Denis Martindale" data-description="The snow leopard mother and cub Were resting for a while... In their exclusive private club, Yet neither raised a smile... God turned the heat so low again, That Winter sadness grew... The Spring would come, yet, when, when, when! ? But neither..."></div> </div> </div>

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