Heaven Above Loosed Them On Earth Below

....heaven above loosed them on earth below .....(with ears aflicker and eyes aglow) ...........tick by tock tock by tick .....they feel their feelings just like us . .....fillies and colts (moments in rhyme) ..they leap their turn they gambol their time .......into the sun out of the moon .........their souls in their eyes . ......stallions trumpet (raining thunder) .......fight for freedom but fall asunder ...........tock by tick tick by tock ..tails like banners now flagging and sagging . ......how their hearts once spun a spell ....nickered a greeting neighed a farewell ......bodies in harness and legs in mud .......lower their heads high no more . .......some dreamed of wind some of fire ..danced through lightning raced through mire ..........(stand sleep wake and work) .....they neighed hello and watched us go . ...........their souls in their eyes ....(God clothed their neck in magnificence ....we clothe them in scars but they forgive ......with ears aflicker and eyes aglow) . .....saddled and bridled worked and wrecked ......(no man took time to pat their neck) .....toiled day by day groaned side by side .......strain by strain and slip by slide . ......plow up the field drag down the pride .........kill pen alive in their stride ......horses caught between heaven and hell ............tick by tock tock by tick . ........fillies and colts (myth and magic) ............tick by tock tock by tick ........came in wild fire and left in rain .......souls in their eyes their eyes in pain . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2013 by susan k williams ~~published in In Our Own Words, a Brian Wrixon Book