The human read a book
By Gawani Pony Boy
About Lakota horsemanship
Techniques she could employ
Horse, Follow Closely
Was the title that she read
If she were my itancan
I’d follow where she led
The itancan’s the herd leader
Horses go where they say
They keep us safe from danger
And always show the way
My human’s my itancan
I leave my herd when she calls
We become a herd of two then
She’ll never let me fall
“I am your itancan’
She tells me at the gate
We go in the barn together
And she sets my saddle straight
“I am your itancan”
As she leads me to the ring
She puts her foot in the stirrup
And I’d do anything
The itancan signals danger
When predators are near
If my itancan is relaxed
I have nothing to fear
My human’s my itancan
I watch her like a hawk
Because our body language
Is the way that we can talk
My human’s my itancan
I follow where she leads
On one step or a journey
I know just how to please