The Painted Horse

The painted horse

trotting

Broken by black sunrise

Wildfire rises

Devours thistle and thorn

Crawl into the darkest holes

Escape scorched earth

Blistering blaze

The painted horse

galloping

Bit and bridle binding its mouth

Raging inferno smoking it out

Hopeless smoke death

Moving, consuming

Killing at will

Giving chase to the painted horse

The painted horse

sprinting

Aimless - into the abyss

Logic crippled

Eyes wide, scared and weary

Thrashing about gasping for air

Cornered, no way out

The red crushes down

The painted horse

listless

Taken by the swarm

No guide at the reigns