Always, My Dream Horse by Mark Barrett

Always, My Dream Horse

by Mark Barrett

I 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 for your heart.

Alwaysmy dream horse would carryme into battle

and always, I would win your hand.

In all ways and all things

I would win your heart and hand.

After so poignantly demonstrating my love to you,

I would strip myself of all my fragile armor,

piece by piece,

until I stood,

my defenses down,

vulnerable, exposed and

trembling before you.

Always you covered me with nothing less than

all of the love you had to give.

Always, you and I,

always we would ride off into the sunset

upon my dream horse and

always we lived happily ever after.

Not all things can end in life

as they always do in dreams

but every once in a while,

I find that I am riding my dream horse

across deserts and oceans, back to you.