Back Home-On the Other Side
Nithya Venkat enjoys writing about nature and different aspects of life in the form of poetic verses.
Home is where the heart is. We do not realize what we have when we have it.
This poem is about the journey of a horse looking for greener pastures and a place better than home. It did not take long for the horse to realize the place that he was searching for was the one he was running away from.
Far from the west
The horse galloped
Looking for new pastures to graze
As he galloped
He thought about
Back home and happy days
The green green grass
The rivers and valley
The sparkling lakes and streams
He wondered if the journey was worth
Will it fulfill all his dreams
As he galloped
He grew thirsty
His gallop slowed down to a trot
His shining coat now turned dusty
Mane limp flopping about
His body burned as if on fire
His brave spirit slowly gave way
All his thoughts of finding new pastures
Now slowly faded away
As he looked around him
All he could see
Were arid mountains
Boulders and rocks
Desert sands had filled the land
Where once green green grass did sprout.
Not giving up
The horse galloped
Trudging up the mountainside
He pulled himself up with all his might
Up to the peaks touching the clouds
And lo behold on the other side
The horse looked on with delight
For on the other side was his home
His spirits danced in delight.
For you see
His gallop had not taken him far from home
Just over to the other side
Where desert sands had swallowed the land
With green pastures lost insight
And lo behold from the mountain top
The horse did realize
The promised land that he was looking for
Was his own home
On the other side
It all started from where he began
Trying to gallop away
Not so far had he to go
To realize home
Is where
The heart wants to stay.
© 2021 Nithya Venkat
