Thank you Ray

for saving us

from all the muss

and all the fuss

that horse people 

have put in their way

The man in the glass

you used to say

was a place to start

a place to stay

and all of us ventured

to touch your way

it graced us all

to play your play

with horses day by day

we all came

we all sought

and those of us with openness

between our ears

you taught

otherwise it didn't settle in

and make a change

to notice as you tried to

show the smallest change

the slightest try

was shat we were supposed 

to educate our own eyes

to achieve

to see

to know when we were 

out of the way

to let the horse show us

and you'd say

and now you're gone

how many have you 

graced

how many have you touched

how many lives

did you address to change

the way folks

addressed their ways

oh Ray those you've touched 

forgot to say to you

how much you touched

us all

We all will dwell in a 

better place of peace because

you touched us all 

with truths

A deeper well

you taught us to seek

and for you

because you cared

to try for us

We all will carry on 

with more try

to understand

the horse' stand

and carry on your ways

the Best we can

in thanks

and gratitude for you

your giving true

to horses and

to all of us.