Reposted from 4-28-2005.

Long, long ago she said,
"I love my horse so much!
How can I make him love me?"
Long, long ago I said,
"You love your horse I know.
How can I make you love me?"

Many years ago it was.
My arm was strong; my face was young.
I tried to grab a hold of life,
To take my place beneath the Sun.
She walked into my world one day,
I looked at her. Are you the one?

Several years our friendship grew
But for me, 'twas so much more.
Those days seem sacred now to me
A fairy tail, a lovely dream.
I also rode her horse, you see.
I rode her horse, but she never rode mine.

And fairy tails to dust return
In life's hot fires, to ashes burn.
Cannot go back, though back we wish,
All lost within the halls of time.
Regrets so sear, yet times sublime.
I rode her horse, but she never rode mine.

So all is lost, yet all is here,
Ancient, cold, yet brings a tear,
Far away, yet close to me.
I could not see what was to come.
Now I see, now it's done.
Now I see! Oh, now I see!

Long, time ago she said,
"I love my horse so much!
How can I make him love me?"
Life's lessons always lost on me,
A tear within my eye I ask,
"How can I make you love me?"

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