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Atop the Ridge
By anna_svit-kona
28 July 2006
I'm not sure how I came up with this one. Maybe in a dream....Tell me what you think of it


 

 

Atop the ridge myst and a sweeping breeze

He treads soft, but shimmers, he neighs, oh he sings!

Satin gold, midnight against the steadfast grey

Calls sad, hooves striking sky a brilliant display

 


Atop the ridge myst, cascading down light
Playing, gleaming off the hide of a legend

Rising,circling, flowing, touching, reaching out

His lonely lament for what that once lived about?

 


Atop the ridge tears crystal and touching

What has been torn away from the heart equine?

Survey the land below, what do you miss king?

But... could sky lift you, you could go off awing...

 


Atop the ridge the sun no longer shines

What is lost? Whom do you mourn? Can't you show me?

Where is your spirit your fire and your zest

That not all that long ago you had possessed?

 


Atop the ridge tear crystal from me...

Your eyes with heartbrokenness faintly reflect

Far away thoughts of joy,adventure and thrills

Across the plain through the valley, rocks and rills

 


Atop the ridge sadness and mourning know

You weren't always wild, that look I understand

You once loved a human and hearts melded close

No longer, red goes to ground, lifes like a rose...

 


Atop the ridge joy will return someday

Satin gold midnight, will soon prance true and proud

Pull through but don't forget smooth gated, glider

     You are a stallion... and once had a rider

Reviews
Another..
Written by Gill21 (566 comments posted) 1st August 2006
Another lovely poem, this one is actually my favourite i think. As always you paint a beautiful picture. I'm not sure you need the second line in each stanza though? The repeat to me felt like it hindered the flow of the poem a little.  
I have tried to write poetry and i find it quite tricky getting the structure right but you did another great job i think. 
 
Keep up the good work :)
Oooops
Written by anna_svit-kona (42 comments posted) 2nd August 2006
You know what. I did not mean to have the repeat. I didn't write it in. It probably messed up because I didn't take the advice they have in "Write A New Work". I copied it from Word instead of Wordpad.  
I'm going to fix that now. I definately don't like the little "echo" the computer glitch gave the poem. 
i loved this..
Written by rilLie (329 comments posted) 7th August 2006
i like it.. the imagery is perfect... *silence*. well.. yeah.. 
 
:grin  
 
-rilLie  
 
0_o :x

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