Thank you to The Moon monthly e-magazine for publishing my poem Only a pony in issue 1209.
You can get a copy of The Moon Issue 1209 here.
Only a pony
You tell me it’s only a pony
I watch you ride him, fearlessly,
like when you were a child,
filling me with dread that he
should have such power over you,
hateful creature, made for mayhem,
bone crushing, unpredictable
On his back rides everything,
and means nothing to him
You say to trust you
I do –
but trusting him comes hard
Better to tell myself
it’s only a pony
I look away –
It’s only a pony
©Daniel von der Embse
writing in airplanes 