Saturday, June 1, 2024

Riding her hobby horse May 19, 2024

 

 

(this written prior to her recent accident)

 

I hear the joy in her voice,

Even though the camera

Doesn’t reveal her face

Or more than the back

Of the back of the head

Of a horse she rides

Now that she’s switched

The camera from her helmet

To her chest

Her voice shrill with joy

The way a young child’s

Might sound

Riding the back of a hobby horse,

On a merry go round,

Only this horse is real,

She feels it move,

Her legs rapped around

Its middle like a lovers,

I hear the joy in her voice

With each stride

And the thrill she gets

When her steed

Rises up a hill

Unexpectedly,

Her fingers gripping

The reins,

Though in her mind

I still seen her on

The phony horse

Going up and down,

Fingers outstretched

To reach for that

Golden ring

That price we all

Ach to get,

And she’s already

Gotten.

 

 


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