Did you see me?
Notice me?
Hear me?
Hear my friends tell you?
That … I am missing
The ethereal light came for me
Ten days before departure
Did you hear this?
I blended upwards
Outwards no longer caught my attention
Did you feel this?
I began my missing
Eyes soft
Stretched outwards
My ear bases
And
Jaw hinge opening upwards
Did you notice me?
Missing began to call her rhythmic beats
Our herd running, playing, activating and settling
Changes underway
As you packed up your human home around us
Did you scent our responses dear human?
Missing was not in your body, but it was inside mine
Gates and panels
Small spaces and halters
Preparing for the truck
Did you notice your balance a little wobbly dear human?
Missing began to call me home
The big box on wheels reversed
Tailgate down
We knew you waited
Oompy was ready and hopped right in
Did you notice my presence leave the herd right then?
Missing was pulling me away, further away
Chaperoning Lofty
We both walked inside
Into stalls divided
Did you lean into my lightness and thinness?
Missing started her shaky ways
Cess bravely took steps inside
And
There was Aunty Del
Who knew
I was dying inside
Did you see me, dear human?
Missing came suddenly
Lofty and Cess both telling you
Something is wrong
Very wrong
Did you feel this?
Missing had me on the floor
Legs spread every ways
Collapse with no calling
The light arrived to take me home
Did you sense me?
Missing kept me quiet, for I knew
As Del arrived beside me
And they all knew
I was already gone
And dear human, my missing was still not seen by you
The mares parted and moved
My body slipped and scratched
Walking off
We all knew, including you dear human
My light
My calling
My end was here
Missing came for me that night
Leaving my herd and leaving you dear human
To continue your trip to a new home
Without me
When missing arrives again
Will you see? Hear? Feel? Understand?
The ethereal light when it arrives