Lost Soul! Poem by Denis Martindale

The elephant awoke from sleep,
But found himself alone,
So peace of mind was hard to keep,
His heart had turned to stone...
To think, the others left him there,
Just wandered far away,
What could have made them not to care,
Depart at break of day?

Yet which direction should he go?
Why bother with them now?
He chose his path and then walked slow,
Quite dead inside somehow...
Was this a nightmare, was this real?
No happy end in sight?
Alas, the facts had to reveal
His loneliness that night...

Yet God looked down and turned things round,
A second chance to give,
His family returned and found
The one they were once with...
And everything was fine again,
With each thrilled to the core,
As one lost soul, right there and then,
Felt loved for evermore...


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2014.


The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting by Stephen Gayford nb Google search:

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