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If Wishes Were Horses

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By Cynthia ChapePublished 3 years ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
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I would stand

Under the purple weight of twilight,

a million winking stars, applauding the moon's silvery-silent arrival.

I would wait on the edge of nowhere

in the space between Nows, the rolling churn ,

for the herd of unheard.

I would run

all movement

all heave and sigh, all whicker and whinny

all tooth and sleek, all muscle and sheen.

Salt-rhimed, starfish tangled

frost-plumed, snow-glittered

Sage- dusted hooves, rock- splitting thunder

scattering a thousand jeweled lizards

Unsaddled.

Unbridled.

Unbroken.

No,

If wishes were horses

this beggar would not ride.

nature poetry
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About the Creator

Cynthia Chape

Gen-Xer happily dabbling in the arts

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