Stalking Horse

by barnswallow - Capricorn

Stalking horse before me
candle? beast?
only at the last second
Gone.
Stalking horse, feathered horse
The wind curls your mane--
the banner of my cowardice.

At the last instant
I am beyond you.

I have always had a stride your rage lacked
You are my jungles.
I outwit your quicksands.
The worlds you choose
you choose for your uselessness 
in them--
We were brothers.

You open doors and are not always welcome.
I am not always ready to be there...
   while you burn in the expectation of my rushing in.

I wonder if you have led me to This?
You turn, in a disappearing light and smile, saying:
"Fear is not wonder
but its coachman,
One can only ride!"

Reason for writing:

    divided self... our courage versus our fear...
something like that...    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2000-05-16 17:45:51
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:13
Poem ID: 56078

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