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Today When We Walked
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Today When We Walked |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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TODAY, WHEN WE WALKED 2 March 2001 Today, when we walked, more than any other day, I wanted to walk on forever, with the sun on our backs, and the breeze in our faces and lifting your mane just a little, and your golden glow warmth at my side, and your ears twitching as I spoke to you, continuously, about this and that, and that and this, and you listened and understood all I said, more than any other, and I understood your interest and attention, and our bond was, as always, all-encompassing, for, as always, I was your world, and you were mine. - Owl |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
What a lovely, peaceful poem, Owl. Nice picture too. Ida |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Ida. It is about Flicka when he was alive. - Owl |
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TheAnonDavid Member
since 2008-08-28
Posts 237UK |
As I read it I realised this was about your Flicka. Thank you for sharing your memories and thoughts in a touching poem. Do not go gentle into that good night. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for recognising Flicka.  - Owl |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear OwlSA, This is a lovely picture and poem. Love Bobby |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Flicka and you shared a long earthly journey in harmony and understanding. Reading your words, it is obvious she is very much by your side, Diana. An enjoyable read. Great photo, nice to 'see' you!!! BTW, it will take a couple of days to compose a readable email to you about my west coast visit with Sara. I'm incredibly tired today, and still sorting through my thoughts and notes.  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Bobby. You are a very good friend of Flicka - after all you introduced him to Bones, another of his very good friends! Thank you Kacy, for understanding so well about Flicka. Just one little correction - although the original Flicka was a "she" and although "Flicka" means "little girl" in Swedish, my Flicka is a "he". He was/is totally masculine and thus can handle the name without losing any of his masculinity (the way real men can help with housework) and also, I am sure that the first person to give him his name (probably when he was a newborn foal) could see that he was then and always would be the epitome of love, and gave him his name on the strength of that. I am so blessed, honoured and happy to have been the human mother for 20½ years of the most wonderful, loving, loved (by all people and animals he ever met - and then by people in poetry forums long after he went to Heaven!) horse of all time on the planet. I am looking forward to your email, Kacy, but understand that you must be exhausted, besides having so much to catch up on. I am excited by the fact that you took notes, because that means that I will get more detail than if it was just from memory. - Owl |
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poddarku Senior Member
since 2008-01-15
Posts 589india |
Ah! it is the only word comesout of my face.You so understanding of the emotions and eloquent silence on a mute mate. So that was Flicka. this is you. clever talks delay friendship! |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Wonderful! Eric |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Kushal, you put a smile on my face with your deep understanding of Flicka's "eloquent silence". I so miss the conversations we used to have when I rode him (before I retired him), when I walked him (after I retired him), when I took him grazing, in his stable. He would heal any bad moods or fears of mine with his all-encompassing compassion, understanding and love. We used to talk about all sorts of things - like the meaning of the word 'succulent' with regard to grass; the fact that day and night were caused by the rotation of the earth around the sun; that the seasons were caused by the revolution of the earth around the sun; and that the beautiful cloud formations in the sky when I walked him in the last 3 months of his life were messages from Gilbert to us. Gilbert was the head groom there for 20 years. He was killed tragically in a car accident 3 months before Flicka died. Everyone was devastated. I wrote him a poem which I think I have posted here. He met Flicka at the gate when Flicka arrived in Heaven and they are together there now. Thank you Eric. I am glad you enjoyed it. - Owl |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
when you write of Flicka you write of then and now he still very much lives in your heart Diana and this is lovely touching |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for seeing and for knowing this and for knowing and loving my beloved Flicka, Kate. - Owl |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Diana, I so feel this and understand it. I walk still with my Tasha Dog at my side .. and I feel her smile as she nudges at my hand to share secrets. A |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Although I was never able to have a horse own me such as this, I do have an affinity with them...it was one of the sadder moments when my father recognized that I would be a good horsewoman...and he could not fulfill that dream.  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Dear Alison, bonding tears for you and your Tasha Dog. Tasha will be with Flicka - he adored/adores dogs and they adored/adore him, and he will be gamboling with her at his heels in lush green meadows. Thank you for reading and understanding. Thank you dear Karilea for understanding how I belonged/belong to Flicka. I can well believe that you have an affinity with horses - and every living person and animal on the planet, for that matter - and I wish so much that you could have had the horsy childhood that I had. I was very blessed in that way. - Owl |
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Gaelynsgirl Member
since 2008-07-18
Posts 175Ont. Canada |
I've walked this walk and have known that silent communication. It is a bond that will live in your heart and memory for all time. L. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
What an absolutely wonderful feeling of total symbiosis you convey here, dear Diana, makes me want to linger here too! (((((Diana and Flicka))))) Love and hugs. Margherita  "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Dear Margherita, thank you for your warm words and for that wonderful three-way hug - you, Flicka and me! - Owl |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
The love you felt for Flicka shines through in your poem my dear, thank you for sharing. Lindsay |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oops, Kin! I didn't see your reply. Thank you so much for this. I remember you telling me about your horsy life. That bond is indescribable, yet we try to get as close as we can to describing it, don't we? Thanks, Lindsay. To know Flicka was to love him - and to meet him was to know him. Imagine how I knew and loved him having known him for the 20½ years that I was his, and the 2 preceding years that I and my children knew and rode him! - Owl |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
When you write of your Flicka, you remind me of my Lady... a palomino who was willing to meander along with me because she knew that when we got to a dirt road in the forest, I'd let her run... she was absolutely convinced she was a racehorse. *G* Lady wasn't gentle, though... she'd been mistreated before coming to live with us and didn't mind baring her teeth if she felt I was out of line. *S* You've written a beautiful memory... and invited me into mine. *S* |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Ruth, for telling me about your palamino (suchhhhhh a beautiful colour!), Lady. When Lady joins Flicka - he will meet her at the gates of Heaven - she will no longer bare her teeth, because her unhappy experiences before she had you for a mother, will be forgotten and Flicka will introduce her to everyone and show her around Heaven and also show her where the green, green pastures are and they will play and be happy and talk about you and me and lots of other things. If she has already arrived in Heaven, be sure that she and Flicka are firm and happy friends! Thank you for reading about my beloved Flicka. - Owl |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
OwlSA - I didn't know about Flicka, but I did know it was written for and about a very good friend. Well done... BC |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for understanding about Flicka. He was/is (one of my) son(s), my friend, my confidante . . . my world. - Owl |
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