D & D First Lady

Oh sweet mare, with coat of black silk

That shines like night and gives back the light;

You’ve left me---gone as swiftly as you came.

Our ride across the prairie’s green,

O’er hills and meadow trails

Was all we had before you said good-bye.

Run free and wild through heaven’s stars and

Join the herds that run in verdant valleys

‘Neath Heaven’s craggy snow topped peaks.

Plunge your nostrils deep in ice-cold streams

That chuckle down the mountain slopes and

Nip the azure blooms that nod and dance

‘Neath heaven’s golden sun.

I’ve still much to learn while I am here

So I’ll wipe away my tears and let you go,

But keep one ear cocked my way.

One day I’ll cross that rainbow bridge myself

And I’d like it so, if you’d meet me there.

Meditations On Horseback