Aww...the first of the Every Day Poems! So glad you shared this bit of history with us, not to mention the crackling language of the poem itself. I'm loving the line, "She's about to rear, you know the feeling." Makes me think of how you instinctively learn the nonverbal messages of those closest to you.
Oh, I love that, Bethany. The learning of the nonverbal.. and the worlds it can contain.
Yes! The very first of the Every Day Poems! We suddenly thought it could be really fun to use this transition time as an opportunity for some retrospectives. (Watch for more. :)
I love the relationship between the horse and rider and determination of the rider in spite of momentary fear--not just for self, but for the horse. Also the reminder that there's always another river. And the horse knew that. It's going to be okay.
Side note: Our church's (Spanish River Church) new slogan is, "Everything will live where the river goes" from Ezekiel.
Right?! On May 5 it will be 12 years. Unbelievable. But here we are. (Poetic as ever. :)
Those are my favorite lines, really. And sometimes I think the horse and rider can be like two different people who are giving each other hope and perspective and possibility... and sometimes I think it's like two different parts of one person doing the same.
What a fabulous thought to hold: "live where the river goes." It happens in life that we can be so tempted to just lay down and die—for good reason, in certain circumstances—but there's that river... waiting for us to go find it, instead. (Okay, and sometimes we need a friend to carry us there. :)
"But you're not going to die out here."
"You'll ride towards another river."
Yes, Laura:)
Thank you, Katie.
I was rereading those lines just now and taking them to heart! :) So glad you pulled them upwards to keep for your heart, too.
Love those hopeful lines.
Finding the path... that's sometimes the hard part, yes? But at least beginning with hope, if that's all we can conjure at first...
Aww...the first of the Every Day Poems! So glad you shared this bit of history with us, not to mention the crackling language of the poem itself. I'm loving the line, "She's about to rear, you know the feeling." Makes me think of how you instinctively learn the nonverbal messages of those closest to you.
Oh, I love that, Bethany. The learning of the nonverbal.. and the worlds it can contain.
Yes! The very first of the Every Day Poems! We suddenly thought it could be really fun to use this transition time as an opportunity for some retrospectives. (Watch for more. :)
Ooh...looking forward to that!
12 years??!!! Has it really been that long?
"But you are not going to die out here.
You are not going to let her
die out here."
I love the relationship between the horse and rider and determination of the rider in spite of momentary fear--not just for self, but for the horse. Also the reminder that there's always another river. And the horse knew that. It's going to be okay.
Side note: Our church's (Spanish River Church) new slogan is, "Everything will live where the river goes" from Ezekiel.
Right?! On May 5 it will be 12 years. Unbelievable. But here we are. (Poetic as ever. :)
Those are my favorite lines, really. And sometimes I think the horse and rider can be like two different people who are giving each other hope and perspective and possibility... and sometimes I think it's like two different parts of one person doing the same.
What a fabulous thought to hold: "live where the river goes." It happens in life that we can be so tempted to just lay down and die—for good reason, in certain circumstances—but there's that river... waiting for us to go find it, instead. (Okay, and sometimes we need a friend to carry us there. :)
Yes, to all of the above.