Run free dark enchanted horse . . .
Your mane ripples like ocean foam as you dance with your partner,
the wind, in her loving embrace.
She is your mystical partner with whom you are forever intertwined . . .
lifting you aloft in joyful flight . . .
And we, the humans who love you so deeply soar with your spirit . . .
You bring us to heights of deep admiration and awe.
There still is something so special about you that words cannot express.
It is the feeling . . . that you engender in us, presented by your majesty,
your courage and your lightening speed that was rhythmical perfection.
Perhaps you mirrored back to us something that we have forgotten in ourselves . . .
so that we could remember. . .
You were much too young to leave . . .
too full of spirit filled with a thirst for life that will remain unquenched.
God must have needed you more than we ...
He lives within you. . .
We remember you . . . we love you . . . we miss you. . .
Your hoof prints glow eternally in our hearts.
7/29/07 by: Jo O'Brien- Singer
Barbaro: The Legend by Phutc7274: Stunning Video
3 comments:
You will be always loved and remembered brave heart.
YOUR POEM WAS JUST WONDERFUL, IT MADE ME CRY!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 6 MONTHS LATER I'D STILL BE GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS OF MR. BARBARO!!
THANKS JO!!
LOVE YA,
CHERYL
Cheryl,
I feel that this loss is one that will never be healed. There is a huge hole left, and I long for closure. Closure does not mean forgotten, but the ache in my heart may at last be replaced by just the great love that we have for this incredible horse.
The "Barbaro Effect" will last ... with all horses being touched... hopefully a cure for Laminitis will be found in the very near future.
Folks that want to contribute to the fund for Laminitis research may find information on their website: http://www.vet.upenn.edu/
Jo
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