carries taut equestrian limbs
in furious flight, a horse race
frozen in time, where carved
nostrils permanently flare, painted
teeth are forever bared, panting
wooden necks always reach, airborne
legs strain and breach, their speed and
freedom captured in music--
a mirrored, gilded, glorious ride
gone in an instant
first published in Limestone Journal
also published in Illinois State Poetry Society
also published in GLORY IN THE ORDINARY Chapbook
©2004 Bonnie Manion