Whenever you ride a horse
you 're a lways fa lling ha lfway off,
ha lfway ge tting back on .
Tha t's the way it happens.
But landing hard or staying surely on
ar e fi c tion s the leafy mind p refers.
Elizabeth Aldrich
I AM HEllOS
I am H elios,
I go everywhere and am forever fixed ,
T he light I shed I canno t comprehend ,
For I see however brilliant is tha t light,
Deeper the a ttendant shade;
I am of two minds,
Sometimes I see my light and know it,
Sometimes I see onl y sh ade and know this;
T he warmth I g ive consumes me,
And my laug hter is a h andful of fl owers
Torn from a bush of thorn s,
My tears the song of sorrow
For the man of being, who canno t simpl y be;
Wh a t light is this th a t cas ts so long a shade?
