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

and yet 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 sit 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 on 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