I SAW A CHILD

I saw a child who couldn't walk
 sit on a horse, laugh and talk.
Then ride it through a field of daisies
although he could not walk unaided.  

I saw a child, no legs below,
sit on a horse and make it go
through woods of green and 
places he had never been,
to stop and stare 
except from a chair.

I saw a child who could only crawl
mount a horse and sit up tall.
Put it through degrees of paces
and laugh at the wonder in our faces.

I saw a child born into strife,
take up and hold the reins of life. 
and that same child was heard to say 
"Thank God for showing me the way."

                                          John Anthony Davies