"Wild Dreaming"
A night-mare
Wild and untamed
Gallops through my sleep.
Her strident hoof-beats jar my rest.
Nostrils flare, eyes ablaze,
She rears and flails at unseen enemies.
Suddenly, with a cry,
She whirls
Disappears into the dark ---
Leaving me a rider thrown,
Shaken and dazed.
~ Margo Swezey
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