Moon swept itching dark
Twilight, sunrises curtain
pink lids - open eyes

Crossing the shallows
trout fingerling feed at dawn
White dots steep hill path

My stride increases
a shadow skipping pebbles
lone thoughts dismissed

White dappled ginger
Ungainly long knobbed legs,
rolling - then sitting aware

Midday, pours blue heat
Standing shading their new young,
across clear pebbled flow

Smile’s triumphant glow
rests briefly on sweet green bank
Silver flash of joy

Dusk - apart painted,
eight queued paired mare and foal
Foliage lined dark black