Ride a Speckled Horse
Ride a Speckled Horse
Half Moon Bay
A little speckled grey
How unwilling you were
But I'd rented you that day
No cajoling and no show of force
Could lift your heart to run
Weren't you used- to-
always being, abused by everyone ?
In shame, at that slap of reins
across your neck
I let go - content to feel the
rythm of your walk and
not the rocking of your canter
Turned your jaded head toward
a trail down to the sea
Smelt the salt air with you
and felt the wide expanse
of beach and wind on me
Under the gulls glide
your gait became wide
And like a rocking horse
beside the rolling sea,
you and I glided,
close to eternity
I could have cantered on forever
when you gave your heart to me
And though I'm sure,
that many tried
It's few I know,
have ever felt,
the magic of your stride
Copyright © Suzanne Delaney | Year Posted 2013
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