Dear Bonnie

This began as something totally different and became this ---------------------------

 

Dear Bonnie

 

I went to see Dear Bonnie today

Consigned to a place so far away

It takes a day and a half, for me to get there

I know she’s beginning to think I don’t care.

 

Well dear old Bonnie, I’m now here with you

We’re together all day, so what shall we do

Here in the field, there is no riding tack

So Bonnie, dear Bonnie, I’ll sit on your back.

 

Bonnie, dear Bonnie, I miss you a lot

But just look around, see what you have got

Plenty to drink from fresh water stream

Lots of green grass, and a safe place to dream.

Do I see a tear, in your eyes golden brown?

Bonnie, Dear Bonnie, I’ve not let you down

You have given me joy for twenty-two years.

And my heart overflows with happiness tears.

 

You see dear Bonnie; we are reaching that age

When it is almost the time to vacate life’s stage.

But oh, how I wish we could fly once again;

Wind in my hair, fingers tight in your mane.

Over the hills and down through the dales

Through crowded streets and on dusty trails

We’ll eat when we can, at times we’ll sleep rough

But we’ll be together, so there’s nothing too tough.

 

I remember a time when you saved my life

A rattler had curled up next to my knife

Your hooves came down, on its back and its head

And you trammeled that snake  -- until it was dead.

 

 

Let’s stay here together until end of day

When dwindling sunset’s gleaming ray

Will light the path we’ll ride together,

And among the stars --- we’ll live forever

 

    He went to see Dear Bonnie today

    And as sunset gently fades away

    His fingers tighten in Bonnie’s mane

    And they’re riding on the wind again

 

           Warm nose nuzzles at his vest

               Bonnie’s head firm against his chest

                  "Dear Bonnie" with last breath he sighed

                      Then man and horse ------ together died

 

 

 

 

ã copyright JG Jan 2008

Author's Note

any and all comments, thoughts, etc please - Thank you

Reviews

[Coldwater]

Sad, very sad. But well done.