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0 posted 2003-03-03 04:22 PM



I saw your face today
behind the barbed wire.
It was not a pretty sight.
Your face showed much fright,
the urgent need for flight
into the darkest night.
And I understood.

Equines and Humans
both suffer when
their spirits are corralled,
unable to respond naturally
to threats to their survival.
A barbed wire reality now surrounds us,
in more ways than one, pushing us
beyond the deepest cuts a body can imagine,
into the heart and soul of us
where they are fatal
to the very spirit of life.

The Equine is a flight animal.

Humans are fight animals.

In my dreams I become one
with Equines,
and run from Humans.

© Copyright 2003 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-03-03 04:25 PM



Oh, do I understand....

Brad Majors
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2 posted 2003-03-03 04:26 PM


I am not as much of a horse lover but I do understand the sentiment
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3 posted 2003-03-03 09:34 PM


I can certainly relate to this one in my own way.Fortunatly sleep still offers me sweet relief. During my awake hours I sometimes have a hard time remembering that I'm the one in control of my own thoughts and it's only me that enables others to make me feel fenced and hopeless.Sometimes a feat easier said then done.Enjoyed,you brought a little reassurance that I'm not the only one fighting with myself and aware that there are solutions.  

Live like it's your last day...
Dance like nobody's watching...
Love like you've never been hurt...

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4 posted 2003-03-03 11:53 PM


Hi Kacy...
This was very interesting. For some reason it made me think of the movie "The Horse Whisperer". I loved that movie....

Hugs,
Ethel

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5 posted 2003-03-04 04:44 AM


very good!
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6 posted 2003-03-04 07:14 AM




really sweet,
how could you not love them?

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7 posted 2003-03-04 07:32 AM


Kacy,
Interesting write, enjoyed.

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