Old Toby

 When he thinks of the happy times that he has had

Old Toby the brown shetland pony he feels a bit sad

Kathy the girl who used to ride him her days of riding him has outgrown

She now has far bigger horses to ride of her own

Alone and feeling lonely in the paddock in self confidence he does lack

He felt so important with her on his back

It is nice to feel wanted as Toby is all too aware 

Happy moments in his life nowadays all too rare

Kathy now a young woman him no longer wishes to know

She has won many dressage events at many a horse show

And Toby now for her just a faded memory

Of when she was younger and the what used to be

When ever on her big horse his paddock she rides by

He neighs out hello to her but she does not reply

Which leaves poor Toby wondering to why him she does not seem to recognize

That she no longer needs him he does not realize

Alone in his fenced acre paddock with his memories

He rests out of the sun in the shade of the trees

Old Toby on his last birthday he turned fifteen

And his better days in life he surely has seen