Family Ties

A family of elephants Were strolling side-by-side, As if they were forever friends, With love not one could hide... For love's like that, it's fancy-free, It's winsome in its way, It's charming and it's meant to be, No matter what some say! The elephants were in a mood, All cosied-up and close, No need for drink, no need for food, Just standing nose-to-nose... Trunks dangling here, trunks dangling there, Tranquillity on show, Beyond all thoughts of worldly care, As gentle breezes blow... I envied such as these I saw, All lost up in their youth, Because they didn't know the score, They couldn't know the truth... For Man could help, or track and kill, Take pictures, or take lives, Obedient to God's holy will, Or hunt what still survives... Denis Martindale October 2016. Poem based on the magnificent wildlife painting by Stephen Gayford. Google-search phrases gayford prints and Stephen Gayford poetry and also for Heaven and Earth Designs...