I Need To Get Among The Horses

I need to get among the horses I need to talk to them again I need to feel their breath on my face I need to feel the strength of their muscles I need to ride them again They give my heart wings They restore my soul . Riding through the desert in the early light of dawn in the cool of morning breeze watching the pheasants rise watching the coyote breaking cover feeling the power and grace of horse beneath me one more time. . Riding through the cottonwoods in the green barn pasture down by the river down by the pond down where the sunlight filters down through the leaves and speckles light and shadow upon the horse and me feeling the power and grace of horse beneath me one more time. . I need to walk among the horses again I need to walk among them one more time I need to ride the horses bareback again I need to ride them one more time I am not who I am without them They gave my heart wings They restored my soul. . . ~~~~~~~~~~©2021 Susan Williams.