Our Winter Sleigh Ride

Our Winter Sleigh Ride

written by: Eileen Clark

@DiixieLove

One can hardly hear the little jingling sound
Or the power of each hoof as they surge down
Sounds are muffled in deep snow on the ground
As my team of horses are homeward-bound

The trail is disappearing as the snow keeps piling up
Doesn’t look like any time soon it’s going to let up
I’ve had these two horses for many a year
Finding our way home isn’t anything I fear

I call one Loud Thunder and the other Bright Star
Waiting for me at the farm is coffee in a thermos jar
Pulling the plaid blanket up higher around my face
There’s never a time with my team I don’t feel safe

Through thick snow I begin to see our house and barn
Payment for you both will be apples hay and corn
We three make the most of every wintery snowy day
Once summer comes we miss hitching up our sleigh

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Eileen Clark

I'm an elderly lady with three grown children, two teenage granddaughters, and many great-grandkids, and two cats. In second grade, my aunt gave me a little book of poems called "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It didn't interest me much, so I shelved it and forgot about it for months. Eventually, I rediscovered the little blue book, fell in love with the poems, and often read them. Despite a learning disability, I quit school at sixteen but later earned my GED at 43. Over the years, I stayed busy caring for home, family, friends, and pets while working outside. I pursued painting and found a liking for writing poems. Now, with rheumatoid arthritis, I've created a website for my art and poems. My simple writings reflect memories, imagination, life experiences, and my struggle with arthritis.

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