MY TEACHER, MY FRIEND 

 

Faster faster

I let you go

You are in charge now

Both of us free

 

I have to stop

I pull harder

Nothing works

You keep going

head tucked tight

Never slowing

You won’t be stopped by me

 

I trick you and let go

The surprise works,

You brake, then go, I trick again

 

I grab your mane to stay on

Too late, too fast

I fall in a heap

You grab a bite of grass

With haughty look

You say with your eyes,

What a waste

Get up

Get on

Let’s go

 

Don’t you know who you are?

That you shouldn’t try to win?

But you always do

Always in front

Walking, trotting, running

It’s all the same

 

It’s just you

Perfectly you

No thought no worry

Just do it

Just go

Let’s run

 

November 13, 2012

 

 

I Remember

 

I remember

First a twinge

Soon full out hand springs

Inside of me

You were becoming someone

Anxious for space you came out

So much to learn now, you and me

I watched you unfold

Growing, learning changing

 

I remember

The walks talks thoughts

The drives the rides the hurrying

Eating on the run

Teaching laughing crying worrying

And yes, fighting

To figure out who you were

Your place in the world

 

I stop

Dry my eyes and wonder

Do you remember?

So far away for you now that time

 

So close for me still

Shadows of a different world, our world

I wish, I wonder, I wait for your call

 

Esther Hudson, November 13, 2012