<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367657" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Guardians</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A new babe joined the elephants<br>And they were standing proud! <br>Another life that would enhance<br>Their pleasant nomad crowd.<br>Another chance lo learn life's choice, <br>Its ups and downs as well...<br>To face each foe with all his ploys, <br>Yet victories to tell...<br>The elephants were guardians, <br>Defiant to the end...<br>Resourceful with resilience, <br>Their small one to defend.<br>They formed a wall on either side, <br>A challenge to be faced...<br>And like a shepherd each would guide<br>This child that they embraced.<br>They had love's language all their own...<br>Their tender touches, too.<br>For by these acts and kindness shown, <br>Each soul says, 'I love you! '<br>A father knows, a mother knows, <br>Such bonds cross centuries...<br>They blossom boldly like a rose<br>Whose perfume sails the breeze...<br>Such tenderness we'll not forget, <br>Of that, there's just no chance! <br>There's one sure thing that you can bet, <br>God loves these elephants! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'The Guardians'.</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=367657" data-title="The Guardians de Denis Martindale" data-description="A new babe joined the elephants And they were standing proud! Another life that would enhance Their pleasant nomad crowd. Another chance lo learn life's choice, Its ups and downs as well... To face each foe with all his ploys, Yet victories to ..."></div> </div> </div>

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