I SAW A CHILD

John Anthony Davies

I saw a child who couldn’t walk,

sit on a horse, laugh and talk.

Then ride it through a field of daisies

and yet he could not walk unaided.

I saw a child no legs below,

sit on a horse and make it go

through the wood of green and places he had never been

to sit and stare except from a chair.

I saw a child who could crawl,

mount a horse and sit up tall;

Then put it through degrees of paces and

laugh at the wonder in our faces.

I saw a child born in strife,

take up and hold the reins of life

and that same child was heard to say,

“Thank God for showing me the way…”

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