It is not about horses

September 14, 2013 at 9:51 pm (Poetry)

 

When you can saddle and ride my broncs

you can tell me how to do it.

Until then ride yer own horses.

It’s not about horses.

It’s not about riding.

It’s not about broncs.

 

 

Life has piles of crap here. And piles there.

And you’ll get some on your boots.

Sometimes on your jeans.

Under your nails.

In your nose.

But it’s not about the boots.

But it’snot about the crap.

 

We forget, in our super connected world,

that some things don’t belong to us.

We forget, in our need to connect,

that some things should be left alone.

It isn’t your business to be in my business.

I’ll mind my business if you mind your own.

 

Hank Jr. sang it well. He’s not alone.

Mind your own business. We can’t.

It isn’t easy to avoid the gossip

It is hard to encourage, support.

To be there when it’s ugly and hard.

But it is about love. And being there.

It is always about that. Being there.

 

Slogans, Sayings. Memes. Tweets.

Status updates come pouring in.

We watch news tickers because

it takes too long to hear the whole

story. Who wants to anyway?

It is about the whole story.

It is about the people, the heart.

 

So unless you are digging in.

Unless you are moping up.

Unless you are dragging hoses

to put out fires or making soup

to feed the masses. Unless you

are willing to do what is needed

you can hush and get outta the

way of those who are willing to do it.

 

Saddle your own horses. Ride em too.

Corral your broncs. Brand your cows.

Help your neighbor when you can.

Fill some plates and top up the hope.

It’s not about horses, or cows.

But it is about hearts and souls.

It is about doing what we can

when it is needed most.

 

I’m tending bar at dVerse tonight and we are talking about sayings, phrases, tweets and signs that can inspire our poetry. Stop by won’t you?  And I am so pleased you stopped by.  Thanks!  Thanks to Pastor Kevin Weatherby of SaveTheCowboy for his great western wisdom.