Let Me
mix with dust motes,
bask in the afternoon
light which pours
through an open
barn window, float
on the coattails
of a summer
breeze way high up
to the rafters,
drift back down
as slow as a feather,
inhale the warm,
sweet leathered
scent of hay-
fed horse
breath, then
come to rest
upon
a dappled shoulder.
7 thoughts on "Let Me"
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With you on this one….love the flow on the page and the images drawn!
Sounds ideal to me, too. The breaks in “hay-fed horse breath” are sublime.
I always thought dust motes were like magical fairies dancing around! Lovely poem.
I love the flow of this poem as much if not more than I love the imagery. What a delight!
I love the rhythm and shape of this poem – it is itself quite restful.
Great flow, form and rhythm!
Let us all