<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367568" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Staying Close</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lioness and cub laid down<br>And rested where they were...<br>As if to melt away each frown<br>That life makes to occur...<br>And in that golden time they knew<br>What love was all about...<br>Just staying close, affection grew, <br>Of that there was no doubt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At times like these, they were like friends, <br>Their bodies side-by-side...<br>Upon each other, each depends, <br>That couldn't be denied.<br>For this young cub would grow as tall<br>With teeth and claws to match...<br>No longer cute and vulnerable, <br>Who knows what it would catch? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day, the hunting must begin, <br>That's one of Nature's Laws...<br>Sometimes to lose, sometimes to win, <br>Such truth not one ignores...<br>Yes, life goes on, today must cease<br>Despite their family ties...<br>To take with them that precious peace, <br>A peace beyond all price...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(July 2011/The poem is based on the <br>magnificent painting by Stephen Gayford <br>called 'Staying Close'.)</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=367568" data-title="Staying Close de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lioness and cub laid down And rested where they were... As if to melt away each frown That life makes to occur... And in that golden time they knew What love was all about... Just staying close, affection grew, Of that there was no doubt. At..."></div> </div> </div>

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