Finally Mine!

A gift, it was, to Mom, from Dad,

To celebrate the life they had,

A painting from one ‘Viski J’

Of horses. Running fast away…

Divinely done, from hooves to jaws,
For me, t’was love when first I saw,

I stared at it for hours on end,

Those gorgeous beasts became my friends.

Sometimes, I joined them in my mind,

Ran to catch up from behind,

And then, with them, we’d run enmasse,

And race each other cross the grass.

Those two in front, sweethearts they were,

Fleeing from both boot and spur,

Their heads together as they ran,

As they stayed far from cruel man.

To say it was my fav-o-rite,

Would not exaggerate one bit.

Told Dad this daughter (not his sons)…

She wanted it when he was done.

And when he moved from large to small,

He had no room for it at all,

And so a gift, from him to me,

As treasured as a gift could be.

And now it hangs upon my wall,

The best horse painting of them all,

Just looking at it makes me glad,

It makes me think of Mom. And Dad.

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,

With POETRY, we all besought

To try to make the week begin,

With pleasant thoughts,

Perhaps a grin?

To Jenny, Charlotte, Mimi, me

Have crafted poems for you to see.

And now you’ve read what we have wrought…

Did we help?

Or did we not?

Next week, we'll all have fun, I bet...

We'll talk about someone we've met!