Almost A White Horse Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Little Rock, Arkansas United States of America

Almost A White Horse



[inspired by the film. Into the West]

almost a white horse with a mythic eye
arose from the sea bred carousels,
stranded pearl,

from shipwrecks under-reported,
glimpsed - now-
barely breaking the surface.

almost a white horse is
stamping the mists down,
and I see clearly for awhile
caparisoned in rose gold

that might have been brought near.
the old fear stilled if
almost, a wish to be tamed

could have been granted.

then: tossing, again the
gem bridled reins of the fairy tale
you quite expected yesterday

almost as if he were free, perhaps,
from the certainty of snows
or soon would be, or someone else
would be-

that blind the heart on the broken journey
that freeze the cross road laden mind

he turned aside the harrowing reflection
of the sea bred skies over the silk of waters
for a little while-
a cloudless space

between the eternities

mary angeia douglas 29 april 2014

Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Horse
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Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Little Rock, Arkansas United States of America
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