If Wishes Were Horses...

I've had horses and then I didn't.  That statement oversimplifies the emotions involved. Today I had a reminder of my over powering love and need for horses.

Something had spooked these badly for them end up here.  I don't know where they belong yet but for the moment they're here for my viewing pleasure.

I had no apples.  I took bits of carrot hoping they were vegetable lovers.  I sat down slowly on a rock far from them and just talked.

They grazed as I sang them songs:  Happy Trails, Me and You, Imagine, You've Got A Friend, I'll Be There, Beth, and more.  I sang Roy Rogers, John Lennon, Beatles, The Turtles, James Taylor, Jackson Five, John Denver and multiple other artists.   I moved closer.

They relaxed with the cocked hips and even some lip licking but they never completely relaxed. They were still on alert.  I moved closer slowly and sat much like Robert Redford did in the movie "The Horse Whisperer".  They came closer.

"We'll sing in the sunshine then I'll be on my way"