Orangutans aren't widely known, <br />Like chimpanzees they roam, <br />Sometimes in groups, sometimes alone, <br />No special place as home... <br />Togetherness can warm the heart, <br />Grant life some extra grace, <br />Some joy another can impart, <br />With just a friendly face... <br /> <br />No wonder, then some creatures meet, <br />With noises as their words, <br />With high-pitched sounds, so shrill, so sweet, <br />Like pleasant singing birds... <br />Or merely grunts to signify, <br />Some changing mood or view, <br />That Man can hardly classify <br />Beyond a basic clue... <br /> <br />Orangutans aren't sleek and fine, <br />Like dolphins in the sea <br />And yet they seem to be benign <br />And dwell in harmony... <br />And side-by-side and arm-in-arm, <br />Togetherness lives on, <br />Until the day Man causes harm <br />And lives like these are gone... <br /> <br />Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2014. <br /> <br /> <br />The poem is based on the magnificent painting by <br />Stephen Gayford, nb Google search gayfordgallery. <br /> <br />Find more wildlife poems using Google search <br />for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/togetherness-28/
