put your heels down
it’s about time
root with your back pockets

toes high, as if they were hung up
onto the sky
never settle for short limbs again

long legged, core engaged
nothing tense will ever hold you
breathe into your horse’s gait
speed becomes irrelevant once you are committed

you have been courageous for so long,
now settle into your bravery,
saddle the world, kick it into bliss

if it doesn’t come,
remember to ask politely first