"SMARTY"

When God created the horse, he made them magnificent and strong.
His spirit was free, But his loyalty to man lasts from dusk till dawn.
They can sense your fear, confidence,and skill.
He will protect you, serve you and stomp predictors with their heels.
In the rainy cold days or the hot sweltering heat.
He will perform and work with a heart that knows no defeat.
Smarty was a champion, though he never entered the ring.
He was the perfect horse for me, he was the horse of my dreams.
But late one evening in the early fall.
He lowered his head and heeded God's call
I wept and I cried and I begged him not to go
He laid his head in my lap and breathed his last deep and low
I thought I would die, right there by him
Then God ministered to me as if watching a film
Smarty was running angelic and free
Yes I'll see him again,.... In eternity

By Cheryl Carter