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Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2001-11-14 12:53 PM

Ride away you bold horseman,
You’re bleeding,
With your rifle in your hand,
Watching back the trail you came,
You’re needing
Mending for the spreading stain
That drips on saddle leather
You’re staining,
The ride makes it not better,
But pursuit follows you now,
You’re straining,
To continue on somehow.

You pause,
Blood on the saddle
Blood all around
There even a pool
Of blood on the ground.

Spurs dig in,
Your trusted steed takes the trail,
Then the wind,
Echoes with pursuers voice,
Closing in,
Will you escape them or fail?

Now comes night,
Exhaustion making your choice,
Turn to fight.

Gloom

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2001-11-14 12:59 PM

BRAVO!!! (sigh) Oh my gosh, this poem made me cry to think of how tough and harsh life was back then in trying to save themselves and also have time to heal and rest. (sigh) Powerful poem, dear friend, you always express so wonderfully! (big hugggsssss) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Aszard, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

2 posted 2001-11-14 01:07 PM

Thank you, Noah
Comes from watching westerns on
Saturday mornings.
Used to have Double features for just a Dollar.

Gloom

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

3 posted 2001-11-14 02:02 PM

WOW!!!This is sure a good western but *grin* where is the happy ending? Shoot....does he win the fight? I sure hope so. Great writing, my friend. I really enjoyed it.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

4 posted 2001-11-14 02:04 PM

Rode straight into this westerner lover's heart, you did...

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

5 posted 2001-11-14 02:05 PM

Thank you, Startime,
you'll have to tune in next week,
just like on TV.
Well, not really, I don't have a sequel yet.
and I never was big on happy endings.
Glad you liked it though.

Thank you, Decaflame,
Westerns are what I grew up on,
later came the Sci-Fi
Pleased you enjoyed.

Gloom

[This message has been edited by Professor Gloom (edited 11-14-2001).]

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2001-11-23 08:20 AM

This one didn't hit me as something of enjoyment like the others...I see you not as in westerns..but as in medieval times...fighting for the hand of some Lady...
perhaps

~Wynter

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
(J.Garland)

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