Em memória de Ted
Este lindo poema foi publicado no Facebook na página "Ride With Empathy", em homenagem a Ted, um cavalo que faleceu hoje aos 38 anos de idade.
Deixo-o aqui também como uma homenagem da Equipe Jailton a todos os cavalos que todos nós perdemos em nossas vidas, sempre tão precocemente. Infelizmente, poucos vivem tanto quanto Ted viveu. Mas todos iluminam nossas vidas com sua passagem por elas, por mais breve que seja.
Meu querido Ouro Negro...
Don't cry for the horses that life has set free.
A million white horses forever to be.
Don't cry for the horses now in God's hands.
As they prance and they dance in a heavenly band.
They were ours as a gift, but never to keep.
As they close their eyes forever to sleep.
Their spirits unbound. On silver wings they fly.
A million white horses against the blue sky.
Look up into heaven, you'll see them above.
The horses we lost, the horses we loved.
Manes and tails flowing they gallop through time.
They were never yours, they were never mine.
Don't cry for the horses. They'll be back someday.
When our time is gone, they will show us the way.
Do you hear that soft nicker? Close to your ear?
Don't cry for the horses, love the ones that are here.
...e Babylon, ou Baby para os íntimos. Os dois se foram cedo demais.
