TWO STONE LIONS

They sit, quite statuesque,

atop the gateposts,

these two stone lions.

Quite unmoved.

Impassive, some would say;

impressive even, as intended,

roaring such volumes

about their owners.

Hunted in pairs

in deepest garden centres,

they then adorn the entrance

to less than stately homes,

entrance the owners

and keep their counsel

when visitors approach,

who seek permission to pass

through the wrought iron gates.

Unless of course they know the code

which will allow rare access

to the treasured, prized

and hidden home,

so carefully landscaped 

to confer a special status

on the residents.

The two stone lions

do not confer,

but still stare out.

They say nothing.

Their very presence

says it all.

05 February 2015