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Memorial Poem to Gary Gonsalves

Oct 6, 2022, 09:07 AM by Loree Lagomarsino

A memorial poem honoring the life of Gary Gonzalves from a cutting horse fan

GARY GONSALVES

TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME
A MUSTACHE WORN SO WELL
A SMILE WARM AND FRIENDLY
SLIM-FIT WRANGLERS, LOOKING "SWELL"

RESISTOL HATS AND BUTTON-DOWN SHIRTS
ADORNED HIS SLENDER FRAME
A TEXAS DRAWL TO MELT THE HEARTS
OF ALL WHO KNOW HIS NAME

A COWBOY FILLED WITH LAUGHTER
HE TOOK PRIDE IN WHAT HE DID
IT STARTED WITH BOBBY INGERSOLL
WHERE HE WORKED AS JUST A KID

GARY MIRRORED BOBBY
HE STARTED COLTS AND WORKED THE RANCH
HE WOULD GET TO SHOW A FEW
WHEN HE GOT THE CHANCE

HIS PASSION WAS RIDING CUTTING HORSES
AS HE MATURED INTO A MAN
BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL TRAINER
WAS IN HIS FUTURE PLAN

THE YEARS WENT BY THE DREAMS CAME TRUE
THE BUCKLES NOW ARE HIS
THE ARENAS, THE RIDES, THE SPINS AND SLIDES
THE MILES BENEATH HIM WHIZZED

THE COLTS STILL THRILLED THE LITTLE BOY
IMPRISONED IN THIS MAN
BUT NOW A DIFFERENT KIND OF JOY
FULFILLED THAT BOYHOOD PLAN

FUTURITIES AND DERBYS
COMPETING AS A PRO
THE COWBOY WAS A CHAMPION
AT ALMOST EVERY SHOW

AN INSPIRATION TO ANYONE
WHO FOLLOWS THE CUTTING HORSE GAME
SETTLED DOWN IN MILLSAP, TEXAS
WHERE HE THEN WOULD RISE TO FAME

FROM A HORSE CALLED "REY DOWN SALLY"
TO AN AWESOME "SPOOKY'S CASH"
I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE
HER NAME WAS SOMETHING LIKE "SALLY'S CATS".
AND DON'T FORGET HIS PRIDE AND JOY "REYZIN THE CASH"

THERE WERE MANY AWESOME HORSES
AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WON
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER GUESSED
THAT HIS TIME ON EARTH WAS DONE

A COWBOY AND A GENTLEMAN
A FATHER FILLED WITH PRIDE
SADDLED UP AND MOUNTED
AS HE TOOK HIS FINAL RIDE

GOD WAS CALLING GARY
TO JOIN HIM, BY HIS SIDE
THERE ARE HORSES UP IN HEAVEN
THAT COULD USE ANOTHER RIDE

GENTRY AND GARRETT, HE'LL BE WATCHING YOU
EACH TIME YOU TAKE A RIDE
AND THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE HIM
HE WILL BE RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE

THE NATION MOURNS AND SHARES THE PAIN
OF THOSE WHO LOVED THIS MAN
WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, GARY,

SIGNED,
A CUTTING HORSE FAN…….

Loree Lagomarsino
9/2022
lagomarsino2@aol.com

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