Prayer of the Goat

           by Carman Bernos deGasztold

This page is dedicated to our pet goats, Buttercup, Dusty and Stella who have gone on to new homes.  We have taken a break from raising livestock here at Primrose Dale but hope to return one day.  When we do, we will post our new arrivals here on our website.  We really miss these girls!
                     
Lord, let me live as I will!
A little giddiness of heart,
​The strange taste of unknown flowers.
For whom else are Your mountains?
Your snow wind? These springs? 

The sheep do not understand.
They graze and graze,
all of them, and always in the same direction, and then eternally
chew the cud of their insipid routine.
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But I-- I love to bound to the heart of all
Your marvels,  leap Your chasms, and
my mouth stuffed with intoxicating grasses, quiver with an adventurer's delight on the summit of the world!