Two young tigers stood side-by-side, <br />Facing the world assured... <br />With both their jaws now open wide, <br />With pride, the tigers roared! <br />The hunters snarled like angry kings <br />To all in their domain, <br />As if the rest were underlings <br />They must remind again... <br />They shared a sense of destiny, <br />Born free and yet what for? <br />To take their part in history! <br />To fill the world with awe! <br />To stand united, unafraid, <br />If challenged, not to fail. <br />Like living legends, undismayed, <br />Determined to prevail! <br />Like champions, to stand their ground, <br />Defiant to the end... <br />Two young tigers, the best around <br />And each the other's friend... <br />Brothers in arms and warriors, <br />Tenacious day and night, <br />Miraculous and glorious, <br />Both valiant inside. <br />Two sets of eyes, two sets of ears... <br />Two hearts that beat as one... <br />Their loyalty outlasts the years, <br />Through all that must be done... <br />Life's sometimes good, life's sometimes bad, <br />Life's sometimes in-between... <br />For them, the future's ironclad... <br />If we don't intervene... <br /> <br /> <br />The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br />by Stephen Gayford called 'Brothers In Arms'.<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brothers-in-arms-4/
