Gratitude by PD Lyons

That morning still dark

Slender glow along the horizon

Promise of a sunny day.

I already have the horse groomed and tacked.

One of my favourite things to ride out alone early

No plans for when we’d come back.

The joy of it

Me and this wonderful creature

As if we could really never have to come back.

The sense of truly anything could happen.

We’d head down to the river

A small pool where she liked to splash

I was thinking up the goat trails to the peaks.

She had great balance and true to her breed

Feet like steel.

How would the valley look this morning?

Where would we find ourselves by afternoon?

Pulsing life something unknown

Embraced rejoiced savoured.

Gratitude for this gift of living.

PD Lyons was born and raised in the USA but has travelled and lived abroad. Since 1998 has resided in Ireland. Lyons received the Mattatuck College Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry (USA). Received a Bachelor of Science with honours from Teikyo Post University Connecticut (USA). The work of PD Lyons has appeared in many magazines and e-zine/blogs throughout the world. Lyons published poetry collections by Lapwing Press, Belfast and erbacce-Press, Liverpool. Winner of the annual erbacce-Press International Poetry Competition for 2019.