<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367577" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sundowner</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lioness was nestled there, <br>As grass stalks swayed nearby, <br>A gentle breeze caressed the air<br>As if it were a sigh...<br>Enough to calm the sun that shone<br>To soothe her as she lay, <br>Enough such that her cares had gone<br>Towards the end of day...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like hers, each human heart needs space, <br>Each mind some time to chill, <br>Regardless of what else takes place, <br>Just motionless and still...<br>For life can't run at break-neck speed, <br>So vivid and so real, <br>For every creature knows the need<br>To help the body heal...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So learn the lesson, learn it well, <br>The body needs its rest...<br>Please choose the chance, stay still a spell, <br>So that it can be blessed...<br>Sundowners let their days wind down, <br>Like vigils meant to keep, <br>Such that this time melts every frown<br>Before their beauty sleep...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, January 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Sundowner'. </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=367577" data-title="Sundowner de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lioness was nestled there, As grass stalks swayed nearby, A gentle breeze caressed the air As if it were a sigh... Enough to calm the sun that shone To soothe her as she lay, Enough such that her cares had gone Towards the end of day... Li..."></div> </div> </div>

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