A Frame Overo Deer In Front of My Home Lives

I saw her in her first fall, a frame overo fawn,
Snow white sides and a pie-bald face.
But that cannot be. There is no such thing.
A 10 year old wild stallion, an 8 year old rider
Cantering through the woods with confidence and grace.
But that cannot be. There is no such thing.

The following fall with her first fawn at her side,
a plain brown fawn, she burst by me like a flame.
But that cannot be. There is no such thing.
A two hundred pound rider on a 13 hand horse
50 miles in one day, cruising in comfort, neither in pain.
No, that cannot be. There is no such thing.

Now she is grown and has raised three fawns.
Looking from my window and I saw her stand by my mail box.
But that cannot be. There is no such thing.
Bare footed Spanish mustangs cantering happily through rocks.
Surely, that cannot be. There is no such thing.

When last we met she stood silently by the trail.
white sides glistening before she bolted through the pines.
But that cannot be. There is no such thing.
Little children training wild horses and making fine 'quines.
Impossible! that cannot be. There is no such thing.

Yes,a frame overo deer in front of my house lives.
Each time I see her I am reminded that what some think isn't; really is.
Oh yes,she CAN be. She is such a beautiful thing.
Little children saving Corollas, a soft open hand conquers a developer's fist.
And it WILL be. Wild and Free, such a beautiful thing.

(A frame overo is a pattern of pinto coloration often found in Paint horses. The white pattern is surrounded by a darker color that goes around the horse's top and bottom much like a picture frame. This doe is very very real and carries that same unusual marking.)