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The Required

there are horses to the soul
they are dark and such champions
of departure/

the nightmare is that they do not
need you or know you/

that they race away, leaving you
there   so   bereft—without
connection to their kindred, noble
spirits/

in your sleep  bid them come back in
to the common, fields/

ask their forgiveness.

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Writing has been a lifelong interest for Romella Kitchens. She has been published in the California Quarterly, Chiron Review, Ship of Fools, and many others. Her most recent publication was the Summer 2014 edition of the Coal Hill Review.