Carol Mays Poet Free verse

Broken Horses

We long for relationships
that know no borders,
in which hearts can roam free,
frolicking with each other,
and galloping at will
through fields and streams
in broad daylight,
and spontaneous affections
can nuzzle unrestrained.

Yet on our humble ranch,
it is the broken horses
that we so often ride.
Connections become curtailed
that once headed for the horizon,
by trial and error taught
to shield certain wounds
and mind necessary fences,
in many a peculiar pasture.

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Suzanne Delaney March 27, 2015 at 11:10 PM great metaphor here....we keep the fences repaired on those we care about, SuZ

Lindsay Laurie February 2, 2015 at 6:07 PM G'day Carol... I guess we are all expected to conform like 'broken horses' in the system these days. Very nice poem Carol. Lindsay Carol Mays February 3, 2015 at 1:10 AM Thanks, Lindsay. I've enjoyed your poems, also. Carol Carol Mays February 3, 2015 at 1:10 AM Thanks, Lindsay. I've enjoyed your poems, also. Carol

Dorian Petersen Potter January 28, 2015 at 11:23 AM Very beautiful pen Carol! A 7 from me!Enjoyed your reading your excellent piece, wow! so much truth about it and some so sad, my dear friend!:) Love and hugs! Xxxx D. ^O^" Carol Mays February 3, 2015 at 1:15 AM Thanks, Dorian. I'm glad you liked the poem. I commented on one of your poems, also. Carol