<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367813" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Thirst Quencher</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Both young and old, the zebras came, <br>To dare to drink again.<br>Not one of these would know God's Name, <br>Yet He had sent the rain...<br>So while the zebras drank their fill, <br>From empty to the brim, <br>Not one of these possessed the skill<br>To offer thanks to Him...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sizzling sun shone in the sky<br>Providing heat and light, <br>Yet none of these could question why<br>Each owned the gift of sight...<br>The cool, cool breeze began to blow...<br>To grant them some relief, <br>Yet none of these would ever know<br>True faith or true belief...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet there was love within their hearts, <br>As they stood side-by-side.<br>This precious gift that never parts, <br>For conscience is its guide...<br>While water brings both joy and strife, <br>Without it, love would end...<br>May God help zebras to survive, <br>With water as their friend...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Thirst Quencher'. </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=367813" data-title="Thirst Quencher de Denis Martindale" data-description="Both young and old, the zebras came, To dare to drink again. Not one of these would know God's Name, Yet He had sent the rain... So while the zebras drank their fill, From empty to the brim, Not one of these possessed the skill To offer thanks..."></div> </div> </div>

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