Ride

“Ride! Ride!” he whispered in her ear
    As frozen arms slipped round her waist.
“Ride! Ride!”
    As her horse surged beneath her.
“Ride! Ride!” the spirits chanted
    As the colours of the world blurred to grey
“Ride! Ride!”
    As her horse carried her away.
The thunder of hooves echoed in her soul
The pounding of her heart a mirror
The ecstasy of the ride blinding her eyes
The feeling of nothing surrounding her.
    “Ride! Ride!” he whispered in her ear
    “Ride! Ride!” the spirits chanted
Moments gone that seemed like hours
Flashing past timeless towers
Beyond all magic’s darkened powers
Away beneath a sun that glowers
    The spirits that reveled in the run
    The frozen arms of her long gone lover
Onto a plain of moonlight shimmers
A landscape turned to ashes and dust.
“Ride! Ride!” he whispered in her ear
    Frozen arms slipped round her waist
“Ride! Ride!” the spirits chanted
    As the colours of the world blurred to grey.
                                    “Ride! Ride!”
                                    “Ride! Ride!”