Quiet Rider

Quiet rider, boots dug in the flank

With reins you guide her, sky so wide and blank

Ever watchful, but you don't see anything

Just feel the breath flow and the air around you sing

Quiet rider, your feet don't touch the ground

You broke the wild ones, felt their heartbeats pound

Horizon's endless, jackrabbits in the sage

Prairie grasses blow like whispering sisters through the ages

I saw your sunset—you sent it over the line

As you receded, did you shield your eyes at mine?