PatnGiselle

watercolor image by Janeil Anderson

They flow in and out

of each others’ lives

they ride

side by side

legs brush together

horses almost in step

hats dipped toward

one another

their voices 

private

despite the train of riders

behind them

their continuing story

speaks as soft as wind

as hard as a warning.

This poem was published in a collection of poems, When the Horses Come and Go, by Sue Cauhape and is available free on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/When-Horses-Come-Sue-Cauhape-ebook/dp/B00X1ADGSO/ref=sr_1_2?crid=W6M53AN4YGRG&keywords=Sue+Cauhape&qid=1682358737&sprefix=sue+cauhape%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2