URGENT - Poems/readings for horse bereavement - do you know the one I mean?

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I've been trying to remember all day what this poem/reading is, but for the life of me I can't!

I know Rainbow Bridge, but there is another one which I know some people have put up on here before. It has a verse the same as or similar to "my eyes have dimmed" or "do not cry for I am not here." From memory, it tells the story of having been looked after for years, but making the right decision at the right time.

I know it isn't a lot to go on, but I'm hoping someone will know which one I am on about! Is anyone able to help?

Mini M&S teacakes and hot chocolate to anyone that can help me!! This is desperate, so any and all help appreciated :)
 
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 dance and they prance
To 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 will be back someday
When our time has come
They will show us the way

On silver wings they will lift us
To the warmth of the sun
When our life is over
And eternity has begun

We will jump the sun
And dance over the moon
A Ballet of horses and riders
on the winds
to a heavenly tune

Do you hear that soft nicker
Close to your ear?
Don't cry for the horses
Love the ones that are here

Don't cry for the horses
Lift up your sad eyes
Can't you see them
As they fly by?

A million white horses
Free from hunger and pain
Their spirits set free
Until we ride again



i dont know if this is the one your talking about but this is the only one i know :o
 
This one?

May I Go?

May I go now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say good-bye to pain-filled days
and endless lonely nights?

I've lived my life and done my best,
an example tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond
and set my spirit free?

I didn't want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and loving light.

I want to go. I really do.
It's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day,

To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and so afraid,
because I see your tears.

I'll not be far, I promise that,
and hope you'll always know
that my spirit will be close to you,
wherever you may go.

Thank you so for loving me.
You know I love you too.
That's why it's hard to say good-bye
and end this life with you.

So hold me now, just one more time
and let me hear you say,
because you care so much for me,
you'll let me go today.
 
Thank you guys.

They weren't the ones I meant but actually are incredibly apt, especially "May I go?"

I don't actually need them for horse bereavement [thankfully]. My OH's grandfather passed away on Wednesday evening after 9 months in hospital and a long, hard fight where the elements were against him.

He and his family are utterly distraught and were attempting to locate some hymns and readings, but didn;t know where to start. I remembered the ones on here, hence my urgent plea! But couldn't remember whether they were just for horses, or applicable to humans too.

I've done a search on the forum and managed to find a few more too. Hopefully they will of some solace to OH and his family, and they will be used at the funeral.

Thank you :) Although it does leave the eyes rather damp when trying to keep emotions in check :( My abiding memory of him is still the question he asked me when I first met him on Boxing Day 2008 and we were all sat down to lunch, "So...do you get all leathered up when you go riding?"

Lovely man, sorely missed. RIP Derek :( x
 
This one is lovely (I think so anyway). So sorry for your loss xx

When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me.
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today;
While thinking of the many things
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me
As much as I love you;
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name
And took me by the hand.

She said my place was ready
In heaven far above;
And that I'd have to leave behind,
All those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye;
For all my life, I'd always thought
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much yet to do;
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad;
I thought of all the love we shared,
And all the fun we had.


If I could relive yesterday
Just even for awhile,
I'd say goodbye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized
That this could never be;
For emptiness and memories
Would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things
I might miss come tomorrow;
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates
I felt so much at home;
When God looked down and smiled at me
From His great golden throne.

He said, "This is eternity
And all I've promised you;
Today your life on earth is past,
But here it all starts anew."
"I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last;
And since each day's the same day,
There's no longing for the past."
"But you have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true;
Though at times you did do things,
You knew you shouldn't do."
"But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free;
So won't you take my hand
And share my life with me?"

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here in your heart.
 
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die

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if the day should come when i'm in pain
and you know i won't be well again
promise me you'll do what must be done
if this is the battle which can't be won

it'll break your heart, but please be kind
don't let your grieving sway your mind
for this is when you'll let me see
just how much you do love me

together we've had many happy years
the future now can hold no fears
please don't let me suffer
and when that day comes, please let me go

for my usual vet please will you send?
but stay with me until the end
hold me steady, speak to me
til my once bright eyes no longer see

in time i hope you'll come to see
it's the last kindness you'll do for me
one more time please stroke my mane
and know that i'll have no more pain

and don;t be sad that it was you
who decided that this was what to do
we've been such buddies through the years
don't let me be the cause of tears

you'll always see me graze now
with the sun upon my back
painful limbs won't tire me now
however long the hack

i live now in your heart and mind
a lovely place to stay
and what you have in memories
no one can take away
 
this was not the thread to open after making the heartbreaking decision to let my old boy leave this world next week. I am now in floods of tears however ellis that poem summed it up so well atleast what i read before i couldnt see anymore!! x
 
MrVelvet said:
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die

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I love this poem, it makes me think of all those I've lost, animal and human. Tears are rolling down my face right now.

I like this one too...

I'll lend you for a little while
My grandest foal, He said,
For you to love while she's alive
And mourn for when she's dead.

It may be one or twenty years,
Or days or months, you see.
But, will you, till I take her back,
Take care of her for me?

She'll bring her charms to gladden you,
And should her stay be brief,
You'll have treasured memories
To bring solace in your grief.

I cannot promise she will stay,
Since all from earth return.
But, there are lessons taught on earth
I want this foal to learn.

I've looked the wide world over
In my search for teachers true.
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes
With trust I have selected you.

Now will you give her your total love,
Nor think the labour vain,
Nor hate Me when I come
To take her back again?

I know you'll give her tenderness
And love will bloom each day.
And for the happiness you've known
Forever grateful stay.

But should I come and call for her
Much sooner than you'd planned,
You'll brave the bitter grief that comes
And someday understand.
 
MrVelvet said:
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die

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Beautiful. Does any one know the author/title?
 
Somewhere
Stanley Harrison

Somewhere in time's own space
there must be some sweet pastured place
where creeks sing on and tall trees grow,
some paradise where horses go.
For by the love that guides my pen,
I know great horses live again.

A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says She is gone
Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large now as when I last saw her. Her diminished size and total loss from my sight is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone there are others who are watching her coming over their horizon and other voices take up a glad shout There she comes!


I love the first one and it always makes me crying for my 2 boys. The second I love and is more appropriate for a person perhaps.
 
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