Reason for living

Reason for living

Walking in sorrow down a long country lane
I spied a young piebald with a long tatty mane.
I said "Pardon me pony have you not got a comb?"
He said "Go on your way and just leave me alone!"

I look at him crossly and said "Your manners I hate,
And I don't understand how you got in this state!"
"I was brought here by a man whose name it was Zach
Who said he'd return, but he never came back!"

My heart filled with pity and I said "Oh come here,"
And I brushed him all over from his head to his rear!
When I was done he raised his head high -
That's when I noticed the tears in his eye!

"Please don't your leave me in this field anymore,
If you just take me with you I'll be yours evermore."
So, I jumped on his back and we rode far away
And that piebald is with me to this very day!!

We live in the shadows of a mountain so high
Where we sit in the evenings and chat him and I
And we count ourselves lucky that we met in that lane
Where we both found a reason for living again!!