<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367596" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Tenderness</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Summer's heat can calm the soul<br>Of creatures great and small<br>And with this comes their self-control<br>With tenderness for all.<br>Thus lions walk without remorse, <br>So close they're side-by-side...<br>As if they'd lost their callous claws<br>And conscience was their guide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At times like these, when peace holds sway<br>And there's no need to frown, <br>The alpha male looks not for prey<br>Or ways to prove his crown...<br>He merely walks, like sovereigns do, <br>In courtyards near their homes, <br>Next to the ones whose love is true<br>As told in precious poems.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Nature's plan their cubs proceed, <br>Born free like royalty, <br>The lionesses know their need<br>And sacred destiny...<br>The cubs bring joyful times of play, <br>Affection now and then, <br>Thus lionesses lead the way -<br>Life's circle turns again...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Summer's heat grants memories<br>When life was oh so sweet<br>And suddenly it brings release<br>So that the heart's complete...<br>That's when blessed lions fall in love<br>And think that life's sublime...<br>And then they're not so rough and tough<br>Because it's tenderness time...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Tenderness II'. </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=367596" data-title="Tenderness de Denis Martindale" data-description="The Summer's heat can calm the soul Of creatures great and small And with this comes their self-control With tenderness for all. Thus lions walk without remorse, So close they're side-by-side... As if they'd lost their callous claws And conscienc..."></div> </div> </div>

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