Love Poem: You'Re the Mender of My Fences
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Written by: Jerry Brotherton

You'Re the Mender of My Fences

~ You’re the Mender of My Fences… 
Time has a way of rusting out the wires
or rotting the posts off below the ground
and then the horses would go a strayin'
any place that the fence had fallen down

So you have to ride along the fences
specially after a big winter storm
Always being alert and diligent 
to make sure the herd will come to no harm

Most times it might be just a little thing
like splicing in a tiny bit of wire
Other times it’s an entire section down
that’s when things can become a bit more dire

It seems you always know what tool to use
to keep our fences standing tall and strong
Just how to keep this wandering stallion
from doing anything foolish or wrong

You have a gentle way of fixing me
whenever doubt starts to rust out my wire
You are the mender of all my fences
the keeper of my heart’s deepest desire