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X Angel
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since 1999-11-07
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0 posted 1999-11-18 08:52 PM


To Drink The Wind

Night is falling
Moon gently moving across velvet sky
As it casts shadows and soft light upon us
It's just you and I
The earth rises up to meet us
Wind swirling over us
As we leave dust and leaves in our wake
Pounding across the sleeping earth
Hooves flying
Haunches churning
Mane stinging my eyes
The blood pulses through me like liquid fire
Adrenaline rushing through my veins as we hit top speed
I'd give anything to be you
Though I know I'll never be
So, I resign myself to a two footed fate
As I borrow your speed
And mimic your grace
Leaning forward into your stride
My body one with yours
Moon shining full upon us
The only sounds are you and I, and the crisp autumn leaves
Together as one

You and I

You
Grace, beauty, and speed

I
A mere mortal, tormented and despaired

Yet for those brief moments
When we become one
I breathe you
I feel you
I am you

A mighty force of muscle and bone
Unstoppable and free
The wind catches my breath in a gust
Drying my tears in it's wake
Troubles lost in a whirl of hoof, mane, and muscle
Together we drink the wind
My spirit is revived
My soul is renewed
My mind awakened from it's slumber
Together
We are one

This is dedicated to my beautiful buckskin quarter horse mare, who gives her all, and loves me so faithfully.




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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~Eleanor Roosevelt~

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Denise
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1 posted 1999-11-18 09:13 PM


Once again, I am left breathless by your magnificent verse. Simply beautiful. I always wondered what it felt like to go horseback riding. Now I know. Thank you for such a wonderful adventure!

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Denise


Lynn
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since 1999-09-20
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2 posted 1999-11-18 11:23 PM



X Angel...Gracefully beautiful. I loved it. I felt like I was on the horse, riding wild and free.

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 1999-11-18 11:32 PM


This is excellent, the imagery wonderful, the flow great

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Alis volat propriis
(She flies with her own wings)


Nan
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4 posted 1999-11-18 11:58 PM


Neato....

Balladeer
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5 posted 1999-11-19 12:05 PM


Breathtaking as always, m'lady.

Nan, is that Mr. Ed?

Nan
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6 posted 1999-11-19 06:59 AM


"A horse is a horse, a horse, of course, and no one can talk to a horse of course - unless of course the horse - is the famous.... Miracle"

Hehe....

suthern
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7 posted 1999-11-19 10:06 AM


My last horseback ride ended in me being airborne... and in spite of the ample padding I carry on my rear, my lower back was fractured.... But I remember tearing through the woods, flat against my horse's back to avoid being swept off by branches, bursting into a meadow and fast becoming faster... Thanks for those memories... *S*
Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
8 posted 1999-11-19 10:22 AM


X Angel,
A wonderful poem
Half dream half ride
Part real part pride.
A wonderful poem.

Pepper
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since 1999-08-19
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Southern Florida
9 posted 1999-11-19 10:40 AM


Excellent poem X Angel! Thanks for the ride......

btw.....liked the choice of title here!

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A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire!


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