This poem emits happiness and peace. I feel like the blessing that James Wright is trying to describe in this poem is nature and life. All we pay attention to is the destination at the end of the “highway”, when there are moments in life that we are meant to enjoy without distractions or worries. When these friends “step over the barbed wire into the pasture”, it symbolizes them crossing over that stress and that constant need of being productive, into what life is really about, which is nature, family, friends, love, and happiness. The “loneliness” that the ponies are feeling conveys how nature wants and was meant to be appreciated and relished. The final idea of stepping out of your body “into blossom” is the lesson of this poem, describing
