She stares at racing’s famous Heath, a portrait of despair
Her oxygen of sport denied: just miles and miles of air
A final fence catastrophe; no rising from the mire
The wheelchair now her thoroughbred, ever the same desire

The surgeon gave her seven years; two decades now passed by
In death the Post recalls her grit: not to be denied
Disabling self-pity and banishing all ill
Fighting for her causes, indomitable will
A largesse keenly felt
From the cards that she’d been dealt