Tenderness and grace
watching over innocence
Mother swan keeps close
Eyes barely open,
the young don’t see sacrifice
Selflessly given
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Photograph – Swans at Hyde Park, London, c.b.w. 2011
Words – c.b.w. 2014
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Inspiration: Poetic Asides Wednesday Poetry Prompt #265
C.B. Wentworth 
Oh!! This is breath-taking…how I’d love to be near them. Your poem is gorgeous and tender…thank you for sharing your eyes and voice. 🙂
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They are beautiful creatures. I’ve seen them before in Hyde Park, but this is the first time I saw a mother with babies. So cute. 🙂
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♥ It’s funny because I live in a Hyde Park. 🙂
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Awesome!
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Thanks! This is what I was working on yesterday. 🙂
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That’s really beautiful and the picture is gorgeous! So true ‘the young’ human or animal never see sacrifice. But it certainly comes back to mind years later. Perhaps some things in life take a long time for us to truly see them. 🙂
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They say the most beautiful things in life take time to recognize. 🙂
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