Remember the Way

My Lusitano horse, Tauros, and I venture out with our friends

From the light into the darkness

Across the soft oak leaves

Leaving my home, my hole

The safety of enclosure

To the wide

With some traveling companions

More alert, more alive

My feet hover lightly

Turning right

Want to go faster!

Use my wings…

Stiffness and lethargy abandoned

by the side of the trail

Is that a creature?

What beautiful light!

Where are we going?

I’m already there and there and now there.

Wait, where do I put my feet?

Oops, caught myself.

What’s up with my companion, following close behind?

Are we running now?

Only a few steps.

Know the road is long, wanderer, and there is no destination, only the journey

And maybe some grass or

a few white pine branches

Walking now, neck and shoulders relaxing—

one with the sky, through my love, into my body,

my strong back,

carrying her, protecting her

(except from mailboxes; then she’s on her own)

Into my heart

My gracious and expansive heart.

Into the earth, the faithful earth—

Covered in leaves and rocks and trees

Together traveling