Hoofbeats In Heaven
In Praise Of The Horse

Tribute To The Human/Equine Bond
Horse of Love
Written & Contributed
By
Danielle Alms
Your memory is a time warp
I'm lost right now without you.
I can't give up and cannot rest
Until the whole world can hear about you.
Is it bad that I yearn for the princesses in the movies
That I devour fantasy novels as if they were
written into my brain
That I wish for a day when nothing else mattered
But me and my horse
My horse that I fly with
My horse that shares a bond with no one else but me
My horse that understands me more than anyone else
My horse
My horse that doesn't exist
Only in my dreams
I yearn for the princesses and fantasy novel
characters because of what I can't do
Muck the stalls
Brush their mane
Clean their hooves
Braid their tail
Wash them clean of all the adventures of the day
Refill their water, quenching their thirst
Then finally give the hay for them to eat
Lock the gate behind me knowing he will be there
when I come back
Knowing my dreams will flow fluidly with
the aching of our hearts
Because I love horses
Because no matter how much I wish
that dream will never come true
Unless I make it
I want to be able to spend all my time
Just with him
I want to be able to see him through my window
sleeping soundly through the night
I want to be able to love him unconditionally
I want to bask in his presence
I want to love him
And have him
But to want and to have
Are two entirely different things
They are the difference between the burning lava
flowing from the Costa Rican mountains
And the ice cold water flowing through
the glaciers of the Arctic icebergs
I can either stand the heat or bare the cold
And right now I'm bearing the cold
Shivering every time the word or the image horse
comes into my mind
Wanting the heat more than anything
Standing as still as a statue whenever I see them
My heart cannot help but skip a beat
I run but I will never reach
Anytime I am around them my word turns
into nothing but pure joy
My life is complete
But then I have to leave
And the joy ends
Because it is not mine to keep
That is why I want a
Horse
To have
To keep
To hold
To take care
To fall off of
To laugh with
To teach
To love
But as long as I'm standing still the world keeps moving
One day I will break free
I will continue to run
Until I cross the finish line
To meet my happiness
That makes my life complete
I am overwhelmed with so much pain.
I can't describe the way I feel.
And even though I am told different
These wounds will never heal.
 
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