Tender Lions

a poem by Elaine E. Howie

Rumpling and playing on the grass
Yes they have not got old so they last
We were once tender lions with dreams
But now that we are full grown we have lost them it seems

We don’t exactly know when
We were too busy with life’s many sins
We loved and we lost
We gave all to our children and our spouse
Now we are just old lionesses with smokey dreams
With all of life’s old hand me down things

Haha we can still laugh at life
We can still play with strife
We can hold on to ourselves alone
In the mind of tender lions at home

Look at the tender lions they don’t know what to do
We as the elders can still bring love to you
Because as we are on the bend,
We would love to be your friend
And teach you all that we know for your journeys
The End