Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Adaption of a Forgotten but not so Bad Poem

And on we went
Saddle and stirrups methodically creaking
Together we toiled upwards
The winding hills fall beneath our feet.

She steamed and I smoked,
And the ground fell away
As the sky leaned in to hold us.

We swayed together,
Her hooves turning the world
One, two, three beats,
She beats the drum of the earth.

Together we breached the hill
Broke open the world,
And walked the place
Where earth meets sky.

I could have stayed there forever,
One with my horse
Looking down upon civilisation.
We breached peace at last,
And there was plenty for all.

We lived in the Blue Mountains
Till dusk called us home.
And the texts pushed in,
As the cars rolled past
Beating flat the tar seal
We spend our lives pounding.

We spent years getting home
Taking our time to skip the rush
The faster they live, the faster they die,
And we take no part.

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