Asphalt
dissolves
under
my feet
as the sun
wrestles
frigid air
from
barren
trees.
Thighs,
calves,
lungs,
heart,
arms
merge
as
my breath
grows heavy
with
the cold;
without
warning,
I am not.
Earth,
air,
fire,
water
are
body and breath;
I am
no element
for I am now
every element,
as the sun
recedes
behind
more radiant
light.
Everything
and Nothing
coalesce —
on an invisible
horizon my
breath expands
in flaming nostrils,
hooves bolt
unbridled
in warm
blond sand,
crystalline
sea waters
engulf
an unyielding
surge of
black equine power,
and my heart
bursts in
a gallop
of singular
strength
and grace.
Untethered,
luminescence
pours from an
ancient memory:
I am
God’s lioness,
again.