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Gunslinger
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0 posted 2020-10-17 12:33 PM


I heard it first at early age, I'd guess at maybe...ten?
The voice that seldom falls upon the ears of other men.
It bade me hark, it bade me come; to tread a path unknown
To search the hidden mysteries which time had overgrown.

To delve in those forgotten tomes, for tales of yester year-
When knights of old, or robbers bold, held common men in fear.
To tread forgotten beaches where buccaneers once trod-
and quickly learn how to discern, the common from the odd.

That voice which calls young people and tempst them with romance
And makes a thousand warriors, at dawn, with Death to dance.
The siren call heard by them all, who will not bow to time
But carry so-called "progress" to every land and clime.

That voice inspired the artists, to spread their souls in paint-
And told the great explorers, "Press on, and never faint".
And caused forsaken prisoners to not give up their hope-
That voice drove many others, like Poe, to turn to dope.

I wonder, now in passing, was he regretful hearer?
Or maybe did his laudnum. make the voice a little clearer?
Sometimes the voice is low and sweet, and laden with instruction-
Sometime it's frightening and deep, like some arcane eruption.

I've known the voice to stir my heart, with joy make me sing-
Yet sometime it calls me apart, and melancholy brings.
Sometimes it's but a whisper, to tantalize the ear-
This voice I've known, which drives me on, but others cannot hear.

I bid them "Won't you hearken?" They listen carefully-
Then gaze at me in pity, while they think, "Insanity"!
I caution< "Can't you hear it"? But all to no avail-
I listen, hear; and then I write- "Another Traveler's Tale".

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