Chasing The Sun Poem by Denis Martindale

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Two meerkats stood beneath the sun
That gently strode the sky,
Until another day had run,
Majestic, gliding high.
The meerkats watched it day by day,
Amazed at what they saw,
Aware that it could never stray,
Nor wander on its tour.

That shining golden yellow eye
Was seldom one to blink,
And yet one day it seemed to die,
Becoming black as ink.
The meerkats watched that great event,
The first eclipse to view,
Astonished at how dark it went,
As this was something new.

But soon enough, the sun returned,
As if reborn, transformed,
The meerkats glad at what they learned,
Somehow, their hearts felt warmed.
To think that even suns and stars
Have moments set in time,
Beyond the years that slowly pass,
That's something quite sublime!


Denis Martindale. October 2021.


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