SUNNY'S HEART -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like being a horse and doing the things,
that we horses all know how to do,
Like running and kicking and grazing and such,
and learning to put up with you.
At first you were nothing but trouble, you did
everything so very bad,
You rode like a rock, had no patience with me,
and that often made me feel sad.
You talked all the time yet said very little,
what I thought, you seemed not to care,
You hurried and rushed and struggled so much,
your demands of me seemed unfair.
Sometimes I would show, you had little control,
to stop me when I chose to go.
You hung on for dear life, and ducked quite a
lot, and were thankful each time I would slow.
But I tried and I did, as we horses will do, to
give all that you asked, best I could.
And it wasn’t much fun, it was mostly a pain, as
I tried the way I knew I should.
Then you started to change, so dramatic to see,
you were different in all that we shared.
You were listening to me, and taking your time,
it seemed as if you really cared.
You’d learned something different, you’d learned
about me, you understood all I was trying to
say;
I felt so relieved, so much closer to you, I was
happy to see you this way.
As we began to work, much more together, true
teamwork we started to know.
We became more in tune with each other, and our
harmony started to show.
In such a short time due to how you had changed,
I came to see you as more than I had;
For now you were not just my rider, but the
friend that I’d needed so bad.
It made me so happy to see you, I had to nicker
to express all my glee.
Now our riding was fun and adventure, with you
is where I had to be.
I still test you over and over again, to see if
you’ll let me be the boss;
But it’s all it good fun, in a horse kind of
way, very natural to any ole hoss.
Some of my friends weren’t so lucky, their
humans never learned as you had,
To understand the needs of their horses, and
keep their lives from being so sad.
Yes, with you I have been very lucky, to get
someone who learned how to change
To make my life so happy indeed, with a human so
wonderfully strange.
So, I’ve been pretty happy at being a horse,
since you took me home 8 years ago,
And of all of the people I’ve had in my life,
You’re the best, that I want you to know.
