A Ride upon the Horse.

This poem was inspired by Maya Angelou's, "Caged Bird," which I read during a creative writing class; I decided to publish it here because I thought writing it was a lot of fun!

Our ride upon the horse

Began gently

As we eased and greeted

The beauty before us.

We were shy before the horse

Watching from afar

Pretending he wasn’t there

At least for a while.

But soon we met the horse

Hesitantly, warily

And we stroked his back

Though we still did not voice his name.

We ran with the horse

And while we galloped and sang

We found him a name

And that name was Love.

Our ride upon the horse

Was smooth

Yet not smooth

All at once.

WInds and gales threw the horse

And Love was challenged

By forces

That he could not control.

But there was another horse

That we found

And she helped ours

When we we could not.

She ran with the horse

Taming his distress

Calming his fear

And Love responded well.

We asked the mare

If she had a name

And she whispered in our ears:

“I am Trust.”

So now we ride with our horses

In a chariot

Of the purest gold;

Pulled by Love

And guided by Trust.

Author's Note

This is the first poem I've actually done for a while! So I'm sorry if there are any problems with it, but I did it just as a bit of fun. ^-^

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

Love it. Reads like a fable that over time, children would get the point and learn the meaning of for themselves. That's not to say it's written for children specifically in mind, but the flow and feel of the piece led my thoughts down that path towards all the fables and tales that intrigued me so much as a kid, in the far, far away, in the long, long ago.
Nicely captured.