Wild Desert Ass

He wandered since childhood a dream all his own
To prance as a stallion, lite dancing on back
He began practicing, prancing and the such
Yet an Ass is an Ass and a Stallion is not!
Yet the desert Ass knew not!

He would dance upon starlight, practiced every night
To dance, rear like a Stallion, glimmering bold in nights moonlight
He held high his head, his purpose, dream as well
To find the one who loved him, masquerading as a Stallion in regal, yet quite undone
Yet ridicule shadowed his every inch of path roamed

He pranced into villages seeking his Indian girl of vision dream,
Whilst all stood a mocking the desert ass covered in common and plain
They spit on, and jeered him, even stick beat him at times
Yet he walked as a Stallion upon sunsbreath of time
For he above all, knew exactly his name

He now walked a slow path, yes, due to age
Not as tall, as he stood in younger past day
He still wandered and roamed deserts, villages the same
Searching for his Indian Princess, the one of his dreams
One night all alone in the desert, when no sound was heard

He awoken to her breath, whispering these words
I know how you sought me, the long dust filled road
But I'm here now, so hush now, whilst I yes, disrobe
Night fell to dawn break, bright eyed lovers in Mays way
When the dawn broke she kissed him, magic haze cast in the way

He snorted head raised high, back straightened in the way
Stood taller and leaner, more muscular in array
To pool of water they went underway, to face the looking-glass for spectators view
Astonished, he stood only one brief moment in time, before
He reared up swirling in blazed power, a magnificent Stallion sweeping time forevermore!

Story goes, they still prance upon sunsets somwhere in the west
Where the cliffs provide safe haven, and amany lovers nest
The are seen riding upon puff clouds, Indian girl mounted upon his strong back
Twirling and dancing, skipping upon times back
They say when you glimpse them, and your breath is gone clean, that loves touching you back.

Rodney Evan Bohen