<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367561" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Spring Thaw</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The polar bear stepped gingerly, <br>Just one step at a time...<br>No longer thin as he should be, <br>No longer quite sublime...<br>The ice grew soft as morning dew, <br>Not hard as once he'd seen...<br>The ice was slippy-slidy, too, <br>And he was not so keen...<br>The seasons change, that's how it goes, <br>Life gently moves along...<br>Yet suddenly, the wise heart knows, <br>When something could go wrong...<br>He'd slipped before! He'd banged his teeth! <br>He'd yelped in pain that day! <br>He'd cried out loud in disbelief, <br>Till his pain went away! <br>One step... one step... one step... then pause...<br>As if he'd lost his touch...<br>A little scared with outstretched claws, <br>Reluctant now to budge! <br>Before you laugh at such a sight, <br>Have you slipped up at all? <br>Have you crashed down with all your might<br>When ice caused you to fall? <br>Compassion teaches us to care, <br>That's if we've 'thawt' it through! <br>Instead of laughing when we stare, <br>Let's ask, 'What should we do! ? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Spring Thaw'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-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=367561" data-title="Spring Thaw de Denis Martindale" data-description="The polar bear stepped gingerly, Just one step at a time... No longer thin as he should be, No longer quite sublime... The ice grew soft as morning dew, Not hard as once he'd seen... The ice was slippy-slidy, too, And he was not so keen... The..."></div> </div> </div>

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