06/07/2026
THE WILD WITHIN
There is a wild horse
Within each of us -
Untamed, unbroken,
Born of stardust
And storms.
We spend years
Trying to bridle it
With logic,
Taming it
With polite smiles
And measured plans.
We call its gallop need,
Its whinny weakness,
Its restless pacing anxiety -
Just names we whisper
To make its freedom
Feel wrong.
But the wild horse knows.
It knows when the room is too small
For your dreams to stretch.
It knows when your truth
Is galloping against the walls
Of your mouth.
It knows when you choose
Safety over self,
Silence over song,
Routine over the rush
Of wind through your soul.
And when the mind grips tighter,
The horse rears.
It bucks in your bones,
It bruises your breath.
It screams
In the language of panic attacks,
Exhaustion,
And unnamed grief.
But this isn’t rebellion -
It’s a rescue.
The wild horse
Doesn’t want your ruin.
It wants your ride.
It wants the horizon
And the heartbeat
And the heaving chest
Of one who finally
Let go.
To know this horse
Is to surrender
The illusion of control
And open
The stable doors
Of your being.
Let it run,
Let it fly,
Let it shake the dust
Off your stillness.
For this is not chaos -
It is life itself,
And whether you live
Or merely survive
Is no longer the mind’s decision -
It is the wild horse’s
Rightful choice.
And she
Has already chosen
To run free.
Heather Lea
THE WILD WITHIN
There is a wild horse
Within each of us -
Untamed, unbroken,
Born of stardust
And storms.
We spend years
Trying to bridle it
With logic,
Taming it
With polite smiles
And measured plans.
We call its gallop need,
Its whinny weakness,
Its restless pacing anxiety -
Just names we whisper
To make its freedom
Feel wrong.
But the wild horse knows.
It knows when the room is too small
For your dreams to stretch.
It knows when your truth
Is galloping against the walls
Of your mouth.
It knows when you choose
Safety over self,
Silence over song,
Routine over the rush
Of wind through your soul.
And when the mind grips tighter,
The horse rears.
It bucks in your bones,
It bruises your breath.
It screams
In the language of panic attacks,
Exhaustion,
And unnamed grief.
But this isn’t rebellion -
It’s a rescue.
The wild horse
Doesn’t want your ruin.
It wants your ride.
It wants the horizon
And the heartbeat
And the heaving chest
Of one who finally
Let go.
To know this horse
Is to surrender
The illusion of control
And open
The stable doors
Of your being.
Let it run,
Let it fly,
Let it shake the dust
Off your stillness.
For this is not chaos -
It is life itself,
And whether you live
Or merely survive
Is no longer the mind’s decision -
It is the wild horse’s
Rightful choice.
And she
Has already chosen
To run free.
Heather Lea