Thursday, June 07, 2007

Poem For Ari

This is how you thought they'd learn -
by being drawn and quartered,
humiliated, abandoned, set in stone.
But before the lesson's end,
before you grinned and walked away,
you should have turned your head
and taken one long and lasting look
into the lion's eyes. You would have
seen how still they shone.

2 comments:

Shell said...

i've just found your blog and poetry ... wonderful writing!! This poem ... utterly gorgeous .. that final play on words and imagery is stunning!

Wanderlust Scarlett said...

Good evening Lo!

I came by to introduce myself, I am a fellow member of the Shameless Lions Writing Circle.

I love the name you chose for him, and the poem is REALLY good. Nice job!!

I hope you don't mind, I'm going to link to your page.

I'll be back to visit soon!

Scarlett & Viaggiatore