Colt (122 of 365)

Welcome to day 122 of the 365 day poem challenge.

Word of the day Colt meaning " a young uncastrated male horse, in particular one less than four years old."

Colt 

I once read a book

The girl was so disenchanted with

Humanity she became a horse

It made me sad

She was lost

Cartoony flair aside 

She would prefer to stay this way

I could not comprehend

It was impossible of course

But there was no moral

Or rhyme or reason

I found myself observing horses

I saw some wisdom in what

I had always assumed to be dead eyes

But the expressions of their bodies

We're more powerful than

Mine their feet and straight faces

Knew which turns to make 

and how to step

I saw a language and beauty

I considered galloping must be like flying or driving

At once the pedals of their hooves disappear

And sensation is lost in gliding through grass over fields

I considered for a moment

The life of a Colt

The wind in my mane the sense of freedom

Then I saw the fence 

I realised then we were the only ones truly free.