The Year Of The Horse

Free spirits who need space to be themselves.
They are strong believers of chasing their dreams
With energy at full throttle
They can be studious and athletic
Yet they are also baffled by those
Who don't operate at the same speed.
Wealth and fame are trivial aspirations
But it is happiness that drives them
Motivating them to a desperate level
To reach this place of contentment.

There is a darker more shadowy side as well,
One that lurks and presents itself in ever changing emotions
Where tempers run high, but shrivel and burn out quickly
And when all is settled, they forget...
Is that just bad memory?
Or do they choose to let go of the past
A past that holds them back, like a bridle and bit
Constraining them to comply
What is this irony?
This freedom they need and desire
Reined in by others wanting to control them
A thoroughbred heart must fly
Or else is will whither and die
As it is confined in hopelessness.

Blinders keep them focused on their goal,
But they also hide what is around them
Can one really be blind to one's faults?
Or are they just looking to the distance
Where dreams roam the vast plain
Wild and free.

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Prompt for: Feb 8 (Ren) ▼

Subject or Theme: Chinese Zodiac...look up your year if you don’t know it and then describe yourself in terms of your animal traits. Chinese Zodiac . Title of your poem must be: “Year of the...” (whatever your year is).
Word(s) to Include: desperate, irony, shrivel, trivial (or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): your Chinese zodiac (only use in the title, nowhere else), I, me, my (or any derivatives of these words) Additional Parameters: Please be descriptive ~ no line or word count. Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.

https://chinesenewyear2018.com/zodiac/horse/


Horses are full of energy, albeit a bit too much. Both studious and athletic, they are strong believers of chasing after dreams. Rather than wealth and fame, happiness is what motivates them. They expect others to operate at the same speed as them and don’t understand why others can’t.

Contradicting characteristics come from the fact that they are ever-changing emotions. They have short tempers and become angry quickly. But once it’s over, they forget quickly. They’re biggest fault is that they’re blind to their own faults.