<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Wading In</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger knew that it was time<br>To wash away his woes, <br>To gently soften all the grime<br>That stuck between his toes! <br>That's why the stream seemed so supreme, <br>His perfect Shangri-La...<br>Now wading in, as in a dream, <br>As if into a spa...<br>The world felt distant, far away, <br>The water felt so good...<br>His problems melted, kept at bay, <br>Beyond this neighbourhood...<br>No other tigers shared his pool, <br>How could he come to harm? <br>And so he let his body cool<br>Amid the tranquil calm...<br>Of course he knew it wouldn't last! <br>He savoured it for now...<br>And luckily an hour passed, <br>That's all God would allow...<br>So up he got, as if reborn, <br>Blessed, baptised and renewed...<br>No more the feline so forlorn, <br>But full of gratitude...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Wading In 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=367854" data-title="Wading In de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tiger knew that it was time To wash away his woes, To gently soften all the grime That stuck between his toes! That's why the stream seemed so supreme, His perfect Shangri-La... Now wading in, as in a dream, As if into a spa... The world f..."></div> </div> </div>

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