The king of the playground.

One cold night at the end of last summer Ofelia and I visited a beautiful playground located in the Shamadon Resort in Ayton Ontario.

On top of the playground lives a majestic old tiger, resting on top of a rock that oversees the playground. This cold night, he was quiet and sorrowful.

Bathing under the moonlight, we could see the tiger’s scars covering his body… they tell the story of many hardships. He still remembered when he was young and determined and could see how different things were now; ancient and exhausted, a relic of better times.

We could feel his lone despair cutting through the dark air, and tears flowed through our souls. Ofelia shared the pain on his soul. She climbed the mountain and slowly hugged him. I quietly sat next to her and looked and the stars…

The warm light gave our tiger some much needed hope… Maybe, there was still another chapter to be written on his story…

Ofelia and I thanked the stars and exchanged sad smiles… we were going to miss our beautiful friend. We climbed down the rock and decided to keep this memory forever.

I captured the instant with my trusty Lumix G95 camera... a moment that will last a lifetime…

A sorrowful goodbye that we hope will turn into a see you later. Ofelia and I looked at the stars and our tiger friend one more time… we waved and disappeared into the darkness…

Love,

Ofelia and Raul

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