Ride

You let me ride without my control. Let me see your world, places i've never been, feelings i've never felt. But i'm thrown onto your collection of the old and used, you walk too proudly on.

I rode you like a horse, 

And I never slowed you down. 

Never even tried to stop. 

You were one of those old, mad horses. 

Sliding me off of your back. 

I landed onto my dignity. 

Galloping through the horizon. 

Searching for another thrill of a kill. 

The game of control and defeat,

You continuously played.

Leaving without a receipt. 

Without a trail of hoofs

To follow.

With a crazy leap,

That throws even the heaviest of hearts away.

Floating between the clouds

of the realization of despair. 

Restless feelings that were too rare 

and stupid 

To share. 

Never knew riding would get me this far. 

I encouraged your stride. 

Oh silly rider,

Too excited with the whistles

of the wind 

Whispering loudly between her ears, 

Deafening any sound of sense she once had.

You've let me slip onto the sharp edges 

Of the crystal ground of your previous fallen. 

I couldn't walk for weeks. 

I screamed like the loud whispers 

Your ride created, in its meet with the air 

But you act like you never heard,

Like you were never there.

There was always a better rider than me. 

Another easier, funner, ride. 

Adding to the cluster of naïve victims 

A continuum of broken limbs 

and empty hearts 

Too numb to feel. 

And too shallow to love. 

Winning prizes on the ground you've proudly made. 

A stallion of your own disgusting talent 

Feeding off 

The eyes 

Of the young and the jaded. 

Never equestrians 

and never on your back 

Again.

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

This is pitted with a rage from start to finish...
the analogy in the verse gets the reader...
in full stride...as one goes about this pace...
grips you in the reigns and keep on running...
liked the construction of this prose...
and the intent for which gives even more...
after the conclusion line...

[Lola]

Thank you, lovely review

[Glen Yumang Manese]

you're welcome...