When He Visits

He visits often I can feel him take my hand whether in the barn at daybreak or when with my ponies I stand I hear his laughter on the wind and his voice fills my heart though he walks this earth no more in my memory we're never apart on shadow pony he comes riding each night to knock at my heart's door in dream time we share the stories old family secrets, the laughs & glories and in the sunrise hour waking I hear him whisper evermore