<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367666" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Journey Home</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The elephant was on her way, <br>Her calf was close nearby, <br>You should've seen their bodies sway, <br>Both marching, heads held high! <br>'Keep up with me! Left, right! Left, right! ' <br>The calf was telling Mum, <br>The two of them were quite a sight, <br>Since so far had they come...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For many miles, the calf endured, <br>Without a thought to stop, <br>But Mum, of course, was quite assured, <br>His legs would flip and flop...<br>His trunk would droop and trail the ground, <br>His pace no longer fast, <br>With barely strength to make a sound, <br>As even more miles past...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And sure enough, she heard those words, <br>That parents often get...<br>The journey home, it's for the birds! <br>'Hey, Mum, are we there yet! ? '<br>'A few miles more! ' she told him straight...<br>He moaned and groaned, of course...<br>It's just right then, though life was great, <br>He'd rather be a horse! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'The Journey Home'. </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=367666" data-title="The Journey Home de Denis Martindale" data-description="The elephant was on her way, Her calf was close nearby, You should've seen their bodies sway, Both marching, heads held high! 'Keep up with me! Left, right! Left, right! ' The calf was telling Mum, The two of them were quite a sight, Since ..."></div> </div> </div>

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