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To Drink the Wind (my horse poem)
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To Drink the Wind (my horse poem) |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon 
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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. ------------------ "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~Eleanor Roosevelt~ |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
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! ------------------ Denise |
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Lynn Member
since 1999-09-20
Posts 316Jasper, Alabama U.S.A. |
X Angel...Gracefully beautiful. I loved it. I felt like I was on the horse, riding wild and free. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
This is excellent, the imagery wonderful, the flow great  ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Neato....  |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Breathtaking as always, m'lady. Nan, is that Mr. Ed? |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
"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.... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
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* |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
X Angel, A wonderful poem Half dream half ride Part real part pride. A wonderful poem. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Excellent poem X Angel! Thanks for the ride...... btw.....liked the choice of title here! ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! |
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