October Story Contest

Protect All Horses from Abuse
By: I_luv_addy
Age: 13

With deep brown eyes
You looked at me
I could feel that you wanted to be free.
Free from misery, pain and strife
Free from doing things not right.
They whipped you, "how could they!"
I thought as I stood. 
You were calloused and bruised
They treated you like wood.
Horses should never, ever be abused.
It's not like it's a joke;
Cause I wasn't amused.
I wanted to put an end 
To the horrible ways of men.
But then I thought;
"What if they force you in a pen?"
I asked myself: 
Why does everything have to be so hard?
Why whip a horse and beat him, 
Till his spirit lies, broken, in shards?
Why not try to do things right,
Cause then the horse
Won't fight with all his might.
A soft, kind voice,
And a gentle hand 
Always gets the best results-
Is it too hard to understand?
Why not try to do things right,
Instead of fighting the horse with all your might.