Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Horse Beatitudes


(Image from Charsilks.com)
It rains on New Year’s night/falls hard on the roof the sound of horses galloping in unison breaking stride/marching to the end of the word/peace remains elusive/in hearts troubled by love illicit/a matter of perspective/and strength/affection close cousin of sentiment not enough when no vessels span the seas/bridge the islands/taking you there/I wrote that for minimum daily wage and banana cue plus a bottle of Coke/north of Eden/hid from spouses psychotic/city-bred kinetic/cynic of smirking spirits having flown the coop/we can’t go home again and don’t insist/because horses’ hooves in the thousands drum roll a single note in feel rent crying for release/the hounds howl equine in stride/proud in stares and whispers