He was a stallion <br />A big black horse, I was <br />Astride his back, muscular, bare <br />Hanging on to mere tufts <br />of his shiny black hair <br /> <br />I don’t know how I got there <br />It seemed like a dream <br />Me on this big horse galloping <br />through a dark forest thick with trees <br />with gnarly branches reaching for me <br /> <br />Terrified I crouch as low as I can <br />Try to grip the horse’s flesh <br />but I couldn't so I hold on <br />to his mane for dear life <br />and with a prayer I close my eyes <br />Don’t throw me off <br />Don’t let this forest take me <br />Don't leave me here <br />This nightmare will devour me <br /> <br />Please go slow dear horse <br />Don't stumble and fall <br />Be careful of the rocks <br />And branches hanging low <br /> <br />But he would not go slow, oh no! <br />He was on a mission <br />To where I didn’t know <br />I had no choice but to hold on <br />Clinging for my life <br />Praying the branches won’t <br />Hit him in the eyes <br /> <br />So I stay there like that, eyes shut <br />My body as close to to his as I could get <br />My face pressed to his neck <br />I cry, wracked with fear <br />Certain I would die right there <br /> <br />After a while, after what seemed like ages <br />And nothing happening <br />Only the sound of hoofs <br />and the wind whipping <br />I suddenly realize... <br /> <br />This horse is bigger than me <br />If the branches don’t hit him <br />How can they hit me <br />He is not afraid of the dark <br />If he's not afraid of dying <br />Why should I be <br /> <br />Slowly I sit upright <br />Slowly I open my eyes <br />The scenery had changed <br />The rider and the horse are now <br />One and the same<br /><br />Sonya Florentino<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bare-back-rider-a-lucid-dream/
