We found this poem very moving!

Oh Susie, will you tell me why
You're such an awkward mare?
What have I done to make you so?
Do you think I don't care?

I know you're better bred than me,
A princess through and through,
But can't you just debase yourself
And let me ride on you?

Please Susie, for a little while
Just show you have a heart.
I feed you, groom you, keep you well,
So won't you play your part?

I won't ask very much of you,
No labour or hard slog.
Just pleasant walks up on the moor,
Perhaps with Floyd the dog.

The sale ring's not a thing you'd want.
You'd get a life that's hard.
You'd realise then, when it's too late,
This is a lovely yard.

Dear Susie, don't do this to me.
I love you very dearly.
Let's here and now resolve a truce
And see our future clearly.

Sarah Nurse       
August 2003