The alarm sounds and reluctantly my eyes blink open. It is Monday morning. Sueño is pawing the gate impatiently hoping that the sound will hurry me up somehow. Pharoah crawls over to me licking my chin while stretching out every ounce of his being. I put on my clothes and shuffle out the door.
The sky is pitch black with Pleiades hovering above me, and Orion’s Belt is in the upper portions of the eastern sky. A faint hue of yellow barely outlines the mountains as the crescent moon begins its climb. The air is crisp but not chilly. Not even a gentle breeze moves the air. It is as if the whole world is holding its breath.
I remember why. I see the first one. A meteor flies through the midnight blue darkness above me.
I open the gate, and Sueño and Wiz walk on to the pasture with nice long strides. I feel them walk by me as I listen to the sounds of their hooves striking the ground. Harley and Dulce wait for me. For some reason they like me to walk them up to the pasture individually. I first walk Harley. He is my shortest horse, so I easily drape my arm across his back, and we silently walk up to the pasture together. There is no need for a lead rope. We walk side by side in silence.
More meteors dance through the sky. Some brighter than others. Some seem closer than others.
Once Harley is on the pasture, I quietly walk to the barn where Dulce is waiting for me. He pokes his head out for a scratch. After he feels loved on enough, he leaves the barn and we quietly saunter, as only Dulce does, up to the pasture. Again, no lead rope. We walk shoulder to shoulder. I look up and see more meteors making their way through the sky.
We join the others.
They all graze around me as I stand with them in that deep, beautiful, blue darkness. There is something magical about standing with your horses in that kind of darkness with flashes of light sparkling through the sky. Faith, knowing that I was safe standing in the center of these four beautiful beings before the sun colors the sky a different shade of blue.
Reenchanted Thoroughbreds 