My good friend, German folk singer/songwriter Jan Hauenstein wrote a song based on this prose I sent him. Alas I haven't figured out how to upload "Two Horses" to this blog, but it might be available at his efolk address: http://efolkmusic.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=318 It is lovely how it all came together...
Two Horses
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing.
Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.
Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to her bridle is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to where she is, trusting that
she will not lead him astray.
Good friends are like stars…….You don’t always see them,
But you know they are always there.
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing.
Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.
Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to her bridle is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to where she is, trusting that
she will not lead him astray.
Good friends are like stars…….You don’t always see them,
But you know they are always there.
1 comment:
....this is simply lovely...!!
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