Dismounting

A final wish, and a prayer for my foes.

Reading time: only a moment

On the skirmish line, Charles Schreyvogel (born in 1861)

“You are going to dismount and fight the Comanches?” she says.

I see you best when the morning light hits your auburn waves;

Are you carrying your weight? You say, “Stay,

unload it, here by me, in my shadow.

I tur…