a sonnet

A sonnet

I sat on a stone fence, in flat agricultural 
landscape, trees been planted around farms
to protect from the North Westerly wind 
I had collected shiny pebbles in the stream
only to find when the stones dried they were 
not shiny anymore, but dull like pebbles are
A man and horse came walking up the track
shoulder to shoulder, like two old friends. 
Can the horse run fast? I innocently asked 
No, he is very old now, like me, he smiled
can I pet him? The man lifted me up so
I could pet, the horse looked at me with eyes 
of slaves, who no longer dream of freedom 
What's left, the love of a kindhearted man
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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