Painting by Ronnie Wood
The Sun Horses
The horses came
and he did not understand at first
that a destiny came with them.
They ranged along the ridge
dancing their shadows on the sun.
Some came for us when we sang
but others kept away on the horizon,
and we knew in our deepest reverence
that we were who we ought to be
as long as there were horses
appearing on the skyline.
Then one day
after we had got in their way,
the soldiers fired a thousand shots
and the sun blanket blanched
and the horses were no longer there.
Navarro Scott Momaday 2008
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