Prey animal

Riding horses is just nuts and bolts,

you know

if the rider is nuts, the horse bolts. 

it's true.

He knew I loved horses

from the start.

As old as time,

Human with beast,

Human with Nature.

Perhaps animals are so content 

because they don't fight their own lives.

Accepting everything 

In a sense

as is.

The slightest shift of weight

changes the direction.

Intention 

is the lead.

In the end,

maybe it was that 

and not the snake in the bushes,

the elephant in the room,

what hides in plain sight,

what appears intimidating.

Analogy or metaphor

for or against

more or less,

supposedly a poem 

can be both or either...

Fight or Flight-

An awareness that carried us. 

Painting by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) 'The Horse’s Bath' c. 1909 in Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.