Togetherness Poem by Denis Martindale

Orangutans aren't widely known,
Like chimpanzees they roam,
Sometimes in groups, sometimes alone,
No special place as home...
Togetherness can warm the heart,
Grant life some extra grace,
Some joy another can impart,
With just a friendly face...

No wonder, then some creatures meet,
With noises as their words,
With high-pitched sounds, so shrill, so sweet,
Like pleasant singing birds...
Or merely grunts to signify,
Some changing mood or view,
That Man can hardly classify
Beyond a basic clue...

Orangutans aren't sleek and fine,
Like dolphins in the sea
And yet they seem to be benign
And dwell in harmony...
And side-by-side and arm-in-arm,
Togetherness lives on,
Until the day Man causes harm
And lives like these are gone...

Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2014.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting by
Stephen Gayford, nb Google search gayfordgallery.

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