My Dad--The Horse Whisperer
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THIS VIDEO IS MY DAD AND HIS BELOVED HORSE ..."QUEENIE"
FROM AN OLD HOME MOVIE RECENTLY FOUND.
(I'm sorry for the less than perfect quality.
It was taken long ago, with an old movie camera, from "way back when")
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A Timeless Connection
Where can we find two better hemispheres
Without sharp north, without declining west?
Whatever dies, was not mix’d equally;
(From John Donne….."The Good-Morrow"
My dad held a presence, that was clearly outdone
by the stars in the heavens, this I confess…
Upstaged it may seem by other cowboys we've seen
on the stage, on the screen, in the movies, no less..
But in spite of it all, we knew he was one …
A star in the eyes to the ones who knew best…
He was a star in the eyes of this creature he loved
His "Queenie", beloved, who learned from his touch
She trusted the whispers, the instinctual caress
of his hands, of his legs, and the click of a wrist
The tug of a rein or the touch of a wisp
She would bow down, adore him and then softly obey,
to please him, appease him, while he in return…
would love her, so gently….his trust always earned
And all through those days as they stirred up the dust,
the sun would smile down until it would rest
And on the horizon when the sun would be gone….
my Dad and his queen would blend into one
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May they be stirring up heavenly dust together…..
Dad and 'Queenie'.....united forever
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3/1/18
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2018
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