Always,
My Dream Horse Mark
I
Barrett
never had a horse or a pony as a child,
not even as toys. I
have often dreamt that
I
was a soldier-at-arms,
unarmed and charmingly disarming and fighting Always
and always, In I
all
for
your heart.
my dream horse would carry me into battle I
would win your hand.
ways and
all
things
would win your heart and hand.
photo by Rebecca Burishkin
my love to you, my fragile armor,
After so poignantly demonstrating
would strip myself of all piece by piece, I
until
I
stood,
my defenses down, vulnerable, exposed
and
trembling before you.
Always you covered all
me with
nothing
of the love you had to give.
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