A warm embrace transforms each soul, <br />Somehow it changes things... <br />A humble hug can make you whole, <br />As if your heart had wings. <br />Warm-bloodied creatures love the most, <br />Like lions, tigers, bears... <br />Yet penguins cuddle coast-to-coast, <br />All snuggled up in pairs... <br /> <br />Three penguins snuggled up with love, <br />Contentment in their eyes. <br />The little one to stare above <br />At parents, oh, so wise... <br />To think that this was all they knew, <br />For nought on Earth they owned... <br />Yet love itself would see them through, <br />While life to them was loaned. <br /> <br />Life is a gift, a time to learn, <br />A sharing, nothing more... <br />A gift that none of us can earn, <br />So cherish what life's for... <br />Three penguins snuggled closer still, <br />Against the bitter cold... <br />Yet in each heart was love's warm thrill <br />More priceless than pure gold... <br /> <br /> <br />Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010. <br /> <br /> <br />The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br />by Stephen Gayford called 'Snuggle'. <br /> <br />More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br />denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snuggle/
