THE RIDER

THERE HE GOES, JUST RODE OVER THE RISE…..

I KNEW IT WAS HIM, YOU KNOW, I COULD TELL BY THE EYES!

I PUSHED ON FURTHER AT A BREAK NECK SPEED….

NO CHANCE TO CATCH UP, IT’S CALLED TOO MUCH LEAD,

THRU SAGEBRUSH AND PRICKLY PEAR ‘O HOW THE ROCKS DID FLY,

KEEPING JUST AHEAD OF ME, I DID NOT KNOW WHY……

I BEGAN TO REALIZE I COULD NOT CATCH UP,

FOR IT WAS PART OF GOD’S PLAN, BE IT GOOD OR HARD LUCK.

MY HORSE , I COULD FEEL THE POWER THRU THE REINS, AS HE FORGED ON AHEAD,

I COULD NOT STOP HIM, THIS RIDE WAS HEAVEN SENT.

WOULD THIS BE MY LAST RIDE? I PONDERED, AS I RACED THRU THE CANYON,

I MISS HIM SO, BUT THERE’S NO STOPPIN’ MY COMPANION…..

HIS HORSE WAS SO MUCH FASTER, AND FOR THAT I WAS SAD,

THEN I REALIZED IT WAS OKAY, ‘CAUSE THAT RIDER WAS MY DAD.

WALT GOVE ©

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