<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367551" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Son Of The Father</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion lay upon the rock, <br>His son beside him now...<br>As if the two were taking stock<br>Of what God would allow...<br>The kingdom stretched across the land, <br>Across the hills and plains, <br>Across the rivers God had planned<br>And all else that remains...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their eyes surveyed the creatures, too, <br>That God had brought to be, <br>While some were ancient, some were new, <br>By air and land and sea...<br>The lions breathed the sweet warm air<br>Swept by a newborn breeze, <br>And humbly settled, gently there, <br>As if to take their ease...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No words were shared to summarise<br>Their friendship at that time...<br>For what was there to realise, <br>Except it was sublime? <br>Son of the father, future king, <br>Behold your destiny...<br>Remember God made everything, <br>Yes, even you and me...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Son Of The Father'. </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=367551" data-title="Son Of The Father de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lion lay upon the rock, His son beside him now... As if the two were taking stock Of what God would allow... The kingdom stretched across the land, Across the hills and plains, Across the rivers God had planned And all else that remains... ..."></div> </div> </div>

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