#150 Kevin Brophy 'Wild'

#150 ‘Wild’

Five wild horses crossed the road

in front of us as we slowed.

I wound down a window.

Sunlight slicked their auburn sides.

Their five tails flicked

electric with light.

Looking back I saw the tallest one

come up last, high stepping

past us, proud as a thoroughbred on show

but one that only sunlight ever rode,

its world all the world there is,

and one the gods would surely fear to end.