Released

             Released

Parade begins at bottom
horses collect in an eddy
galloping up the dirt track
graceful flow of movement

Tails carried proud
swishing in sync with gait
ground reverberates with
each hoof fall

River of motion
thunders past
slowly moving thunderhead
pent up energy released

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-241B)