5/7/2008 11:10:49 AM
i ride away with horses

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5/7/2008 11:10:49 AM

i ride away with horses
i ride away with horses in a great goodbye
glancing back briefly with a gleam
of dancers in our eyes


see me at the trail up ahead in the sky
a pack upon my back filled but leaking dust abounds
crystals falling and becoming smooth as glass,
an interior of water falls

and my horses unite gathering storms
in fields of lilies and wild grain sans rope and fear
the giant bears of time subdued in dreamless slumber,
an interior of caves with no maps

horses braying fathoms as their proud hoofs fall
beneath clouds which watch human beings toil for truth
braying tongues, clacking teeth beseech
as my limbs give way to irony once more becoming
an interior of questions that have no answers

unwilling to be lame we disappear
the horses returning to their circus from whence they came
carnival dwarfs and beauties of the trapeze
riding upon their backs amid the jeering, the cheering,
an interior of weird entertainment

and in the small torn blue tent I am now
nothing more than a wooden dummy moved
by the hand of the ventriloquist

tell your friends about me…..

come and see the show…..

“We regret to inform you that the tickets for tonight’s show
have been canceled.”


©Larry W Johnson/Larz Boah

5/7/2008 11:13:36 AM

The Horse blog must have got you thinking Larry!?!?!?

Or is there a bigger picture!?!?!?

5/7/2008 11:20:04 AM

On the contrary...this is a poem from a couple of years ago.
Where have you been Code? Did you think that only 'flies'
rally around the glory, the pain, the romance..... of 'horses'
and those who ride them? Get your head out of the cAvE chap! :)

5/7/2008 11:41:54 AM

this is good words but very hard of meaning for me like pussle. My family was all at circus. farther was clown and sisters are one with horses and one trapese. you are having lovely hair too

5/7/2008 12:09:24 PM

Thank You for the compliments Fidella Fenka...I am very pleased
to meet you and I am honored to meet a fine girl like U who
knows about Carnivals, besides the one here...which is a great
Carnival of music and Fun. Welcome to IAC and I'll stop by your
page soon. :))

5/7/2008 12:33:32 PM

Sorry Larz - not been around here that long!!!

Will go and have a re-read!!!

5/7/2008 12:34:30 PM

yes

your composition of words resonate yes Larry it's voices sing poignant in my heart I'm grateful to have read/experienced this brilliant work today this keeps repeating in song even as I turn my attentions elsewhere...

"and in the small torn blue tent I am now
nothing more than a wooden dummy moved
by the hand of the ventriloquist"

I hope you don't mind but I've copied this poem and am keeping it near with all my treasured poems... and much respect to your gift

5/7/2008 3:23:59 PM

Lars

An inspiring start to my day---

Thanks

Rob

5/8/2008 11:37:00 AM

I'd fight the bear off if he (or she!) took my Strat!!!

5/8/2008 1:26:14 PM

It's nice to see you posting words and music, LWJ...keep 'em comin'...
:)
H

5/8/2008 3:04:11 PM

What a beautiful poem Larry..Thanks for sharing...:)

I've just been amusing myself seeing if i could come up with a tune for it (as you don't have one on your page) but alas-altho i love the words and images you've conjured-the meter has got me beat for making a tune sound natural over it..

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