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Open Poetry #47

The Sport Called Rodeo

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2011-01-22 05:12 PM

"You missed him out," the judges said.
But they must both be blind.
I know I marked him cleanly-
I'm not that far behind.

My moves are getting slower,
With every passing year.
I'm slower now at healing,
And starting to feel fear.

I'm not afraid of dying!
But of getting crippled bad.
To lose my independence-
Which is all I've ever had.

Of sitting in a wheelchair-
Watch the geese a'flyin' south.
While memories of better years,
Taste bitter in my mouth.

I've known too many cowboys-
Who've lived beyond their time...
Let bitterness consume them,
Once they were past their prime.

I'd rather die still riding-
That's the only way to go.
It's a sure enough addiction,
This sport called "rodeo".

The_Doctors_Angel_32
Member

since 2011-01-14

Posts 337
Florida, USA

1 posted 2011-01-22 06:52 PM

Awesome poem. it is not your last rodeo yet. Keep it going partner.

When the family is together, the soul is at peace - Russian Proverb

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

2 posted 2011-01-22 07:10 PM

I hear you, and I hope that you will know when it is time to hang up your spurs, buddy. That way you can wear your scars as a badge of doing something you loved and doing it the best that you could. Not many can say that.

~ Life is sexually transmitted ~

XGarapanX
Senior Member

since 2008-06-19

Posts 1435
Antarctica

3 posted 2011-01-23 08:41 AM

Yee haw! Or is that, yahoo? Any way, this was great.

·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· "Look! Crumbs on his jacketses... Heeee took it!"

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2011-01-23 03:04 PM

Age brings us all the same fears whether or not we ever rode in a rodeo. You just express it better than most, John.

Ida

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2011-01-23 03:43 PM

Your love of the Rodeo is to be likened to that of a woman. This is wonderful.
Lori

[This message has been edited by Lori Grosser Rhoden (01-24-2011 08:57 AM).]

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