The Thinker...

The chimpanzee was in deep thought Reflecting on the loss, One of his friends had just been caught And travelled far across, Now as the slave of all Mankind, No more to be as free, No more another friend to find, Forever more lonely... The chimpanzee that still remained, Had seen the capture made, He screeched aloud, yet nothing gained And thus saw all hopes fade... His friend screeched too, as in a rage He'd never known before, As he was trapped inside a cage As two men slammed the door... And as time past, the two friends wept, Their friendship torn apart, Yet both had dreams each time they slept That somehow soothed each heart... They never saw good times ahead, But memories bless the brain, Reflecting on the lives they led, The thinker thinks again... Denis Martindale, copyright September 2015. Poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting, by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.