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A Lonely Brown Whiskered Horse Sestina
A lonely brown whiskered horse
Isolated in the barn’s dark silence
The only sound; the mud’s squelch
And the presence of a shooting star
Hovering above, creating a tranquil picture
Of a haven where there used to be ten
They all fell over dead, those ten
One by one until there remained only one horse
A strong and proud racehorse you can picture
With a chocolate brown mane, sitting in an austere silence
Where death’s presence left one star
To shine, its s causing the squelch
Of all other comforting sounds, the squelch
Portraying the absence, when those ten
Became one, forgotten, lone star
The grace and beauty of the horse
Transforming the dark, shadowy silence
Into the light of dawn’s picture
You can gaze at that picture
For all of eternity, the squelch
Of muddy hooves disturbing that silence
Near the bales of hay where there were ten
The night sounds of the calm horse
And potential of a future shining star
For now, the lost abandoned star
Stuck in a post card picture
Whimpering of the horse
Caused all else to be squelched
Before the lit-up fierce group of ten
Shone directly on one, alone facing the silence
The horse staring at the hay in silence
With the luminous glow of one star
Shining on the pathway to hope, Heaven’s ten
Angels guiding the horse, the picture
Of caked muddy hooves, the squelch
Of the other nine horse corpses
Buried deeply in the hay’s silence
Squelching the horses’ death and pain
In the picture of ten, now one single star
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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson