Chasing The Sun, Too Poem by Denis Martindale

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Two meerkats saw the rising sun,
Which they had seen before,
And yet they daily watched each one,
Which thrilled them to the core.
How does it rest there with no wings?
How does it cross the sky?
From where comes all the light it brings,
With some warmth to supply?

How can its colour change up there?
Orange and yellow, too?
Then sometime later chill the air,
When moonlight they must view?
The meerkats pondered every day,
United, side-by-side,
The other meerkats walked away,
No further thoughts to guide.

Yet everywhere the close friends went,
They felt a precious peace,
As if their hearts were quite content,
Since wonders never cease.
If only Man could find his place
Within God's universe,
All pleasant wonders to embrace
However each occurs.


Denis Martindale. October 2021.


The poem is about the magnificent
wildlife painting Chasing The Sun II
by UK wildlife artist Stephen Gayford.