Night Horse
Whose hooves do you hear crashing on the North Wind?
The clouds froth and billow at your passing.
People toss and turn at your wondrous flight,
And lay sleeping still.
I feel the night wind against my face
And know you are here.
Your wild neighing echoes in my ear
As you come from the heavens,
Landing by my side sweating sea foam and glinty silver.
Untouched by reality, all Darkness and Light,
You heave with motion.
The breath of life you give to the Earth,
And she receives it lovingly,
Giving you, your grounding and your lightning.
All at once there is a flash and you are away. Proud head lifted into the clouds,
Mane and tail brilliant in the full moonlight. I cry, “Wait!” and you turn to look at me.
Dark ebony eyes pierce my very center, And very briefly, oh so briefly
You touch your nose to mine
And you are gone.
Copyright 1988 Ellen Wakamatsu Photo Courtesy of Pegasus.com
1 comment:
Hi Ellen!
This in in regard to your "Down The Rabbit Hole"
posting. Very moving and personal. I can't hardly write
about myself that well. But I will try.
Isn't it strange how different our lives have been?
You a sunny California girl, on screen concubine to Mick
Jaggar, growing up in the city with an ocean nearby.
And then me just hanging out in these low Okie hills,
wasting half (I now think of it as preparation for the
best half) my life, wondering if anyone or any book or
religion is ever gonnna explain why I am here and what
to do. Yet we find ourselves at the same job, and I
guess going thru alot of the same things. I have a
feeling that we aren't doing that bad. For a struggling half born butterfly I think you are doing great. I can't wait to see the totally free Ellen butterfly go zipping along. I think you are closer than you realize.
I am glad I met you, I remember the first time I heard you talk. Boy, she speaks good english my feeble little mind told itself. I was and still am so naive sometimes. To me it seems like we are pretty much compatable mentally, it's fun to have someone that seems to "get" your jokes and give back the same kind. If ever you go looking for another relationship, well at least look once in my direction.
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