Horses, Heartbreak And Falling In Love

By F.J. Thomas

Some find love and keep it a lifetime. The rest of us search our entire lives and maybe find it once. 

These poems are a hodgepodge of personal meanderings about the passions in my life - the good times, the bad times. Writings from over thirty years of adulthood and heartbreak as a horse girl, and random thoughts that inspired me in the moment to write them down, for whatever reason. Here's to all the girls that feel a little broken with sadness behind their smiles, and the horses that make us feel whole for at least a little while....

• Language: English
• Publisher: F.J. Thomas
• Release date: Feb 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781393159667

F.J. Thomas

BIOGRAPHY A southern gal with a western heart, F.J. Thomas is a multi-genre author and screenwriter and recipient of the Winnie Award for Best Equine Screenplay at the 2018 Equus Film Festival. She resides in east Tennessee with the love of her life who is a retired race horse trainer and former professional bull rider T.A. Bouk, and a menagerie of horses, cats, and dogs and a token donkey. To pay the feed bill she works in the real world as a healthcare contract appeals writer and analyst, and works as a freelance journalist for WorkersCompensation.com. F.J. writes children's picture books under the name Jewel Thomas. Her latest children's book, Beauford The Patriotic Donkey was co-written with T. A. Bouk.  A former OHSA Carded horse show judge, trainer and instructor, F.J. loves competing in anything from huntseat to barrel racing and ranch events every chance she gets. She has been a call-in guest on the Farm and Ranch Show with Pepper Stewart, as well as podcast shows in the UK and Canada. Her articles have appeared in America's Horse, Horse & Ranch Magazine, and Hoofbeats. F.J. writes the motivational and cowgirl lifestyle blog, Cowgirls With Curves, and the horse-focused writer's blog, Talking In The Barn. Her real-life pursuit of the cowgirl lifestyle has provided plenty of first-hand experience and inspiration for writing books a southern twist.

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HORSES, HEARTBREAK AND FALLING IN LOVE

A random personal collection from a broken lifetime

By F.J. Thomas

WARNING - DARK & LIGHT AHEAD!

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Some find love and keep it a lifetime. The rest of us search our entire lives and maybe find it once.

I’ve had my fair share of heartbreaks. My biography could read like the beautiful Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Taylor that the world makes fun of because she was married eight times. Only problem is I was never a star. Far from it, but I had – and have – the same passion for what could be, and a sadness hidden beneath a smile.

These poems are a hodgepodge of personal meanderings about the passions in my life - the good times, the bad times. Writings from over thirty years of adulthood and heartbreak as a horse girl, and random thoughts that inspired me in the moment to write them down, for whatever reason.

If you read through these and can relate, if nothing else, I hope they help you realize you’re not alone.

THE FILLY

I’m like a little filly

That’s been brought up from the field

Broken to one master,

Taught to bend and yield.

I was content to have a warm stall

Good care, some hay and grain.

I no longer wanted to romp and roam

Upon a wild green plain.

But then one day as fate would have,

The gate was left wide open

And I, that little filly fair

Took off wild, and free.....and lopin’

THE COLLECTION

NOTHING LEFT

I’ve given everything

I can possibly give

I’ve cried in secret

When no one else knew

I begged for mercy

To let tears dry up

Only to hear silence in response

And yet, those think they know me

Say it’s happened overnight.

They think I’ve lost my mind

And surely