Horses

Two Horses (charcoal on paper) 21/7/10

I'm still struggling with being a beginner at drawing. But at least I enjoyed drawing these horses. Got a long way to go technically, but I like the concentrated look of the horses. And it's kinda moody.

Horses seem to be pressing into my psyche over the last year. I met with a horse in the winter snow on a walk in the fields above our house. He followed me and my partner, probably wanting food. We had nothing to offer. But I was struck by the depth in a horses eyes. The eyes of a horse are large, dark and mysterious. That led to me writing a song called 'Horse in the Snow' which my band 'Three Piece Sweet' perform.

Here's the lyrics:

Horse in the Snow

There's a horse in the snow and he's looking at me

There's a glint in his eye of eternity

I haven't got food in my outstretched hand

He's looking at me, he doesn't understand

What I'm seeing

What I'm seeing

The hills are cold, the trees are dark

There's something sleeping under the bark

I'm thinking of the time when the apples fall

Through a gap in the side of the garden wall

Of Eden

Of Eden

Now some might like to call it the fall

But I like to climb up the garden wall

You can't keep beauty in a confined space

You can't fall in love with a single face

When you hear Her calling

Hear Her calling.

There's a path in the snow like a thread of light

It sways like a snake in the full moon night

Follow it out into the open field

You'll a sword and a silver shield

And you'll hear Her calling

Hear her calling

Well the world needs water, and the water is free

You said the thing you like about me

Is the way I change when I start to cry

You drink the fountain in my eye

And it's healing

And it's healing

And it's healing

And it's healing

(c) R.Bygott 2010

The song can be heard on the Three Piece Sweet page of Reverbnation