Cowboys Don't Cry...Very Much

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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09

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TX, USA

0 posted 2003-12-19 05:01 PM

I grew up a'hearing that cowboys don't cry.
It just ain't the right thing to do.
A man must be strong, and hold feelin's in...
But, partner, those things just ain't true.

When I was a kid, and we watched Old Yeller-
I must have got dirt in my eye...
I was too proud to sit there and beller,
Besides which, us cowboy's don't cry.

Then in my twenties, my granddaddy passed-
And I shook my fist at the sky...
And went and got drunk, and mad at the Lord...
And muttered, "Real cowboys don't cry".

Then in the nineties, my brother was shot...
It hurt me to see family die...
And then I discovered, what I'd known all along.
Sometimes a cowboy does cry.

I've altered my saying...at least, just a bit.
Emotions will make us do such...
What I tell the boys, down at the corrals...
Is, "Cowboy's don't cry...very much".

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

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Somewhere out there~

1 posted 2003-12-19 05:19 PM

But, but...this made me want to cry. :'(
Terri~

Merry Christmas

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender...Dido

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

2 posted 2003-12-19 05:48 PM

That's a great poem! Thanks for sharing it. And, happy holidays, partner!

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

3 posted 2003-12-19 07:16 PM

aww you're so right though, we all do need to cry some... and its ok to do that.
to be too proud to cry is too proud for me...
beautiful though sad

Always, Alyssa

He was a man of sorrows
...I am a girl of tears.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-12-19 07:20 PM

Fantastic write here John.
Season's greetings to you and yours.
Hugs~

~Let peace begin with me...

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

5 posted 2003-12-19 07:27 PM

You're right John. Emotions can't be bottled up and ignored. There's nothing wrong with being sensitive and showing what's in our hearts. Well written. And Merry Christmas my friend.

believe in what your heart feels...

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

6 posted 2003-12-19 07:30 PM

John, even though this was sad,
I did enjoy it. I thionk that it takes
a very strong man to show his
true emotions.

Hugs,

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

7 posted 2003-12-19 09:00 PM

I think it takes a mighty strong cowboy to show his emotions. Gunslinger, this just might be my new favourite write of yours. So, I am putting into my library! hugs, Chris

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

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8 posted 2003-12-19 09:18 PM

Awwww, I think it is okay for even cowboys to cry sometimes. This is a beautiful poem.

Minister Joe
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since 2003-02-22

Posts 78
TX, USA

9 posted 2003-12-19 11:21 PM

Hi John,

Enjoyed your work--and I tell you I listen to a lot of cowboy poets... Waddie Mitchell and such, and those guys if they don't will definitely pull the tears out of you.

You have a good rapport with your reader, and the tone of your work is relaxed and honest. Nice job.

--Matt

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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

10 posted 2003-12-19 11:22 PM

John, another amazing write

Antonio_L
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since 2003-12-01

Posts 110
NorthEast USA

11 posted 2003-12-20 03:17 AM

Very powerful and sad, Gunslinger.
Sure, cowboys don't cry if the hurt is physical,
but for the deep hurt of such a loss,
you can cry mister, you can cry.

I really liked it.

Tony.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

12 posted 2003-12-20 09:38 AM

I have another saying.

Never trust a cowboy that won't cry.

Happy holidays, cowboy!

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19

Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC

13 posted 2003-12-20 10:49 AM

this was sucn a wonderful write, even
though a little on the sad side. I think
a real cowboy should cry...it shows emotion

Happy Holidays,
Amy

"When life gives you sorrow, may you experience the spirit of laughter"

Michelle_loves_Mike

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since 2003-12-20

Posts 1189
Pennsylvania

14 posted 2003-12-20 09:42 PM

sometimes we cry on the inside,,,and only those who know us can see the tears,,,,
your poems strikes a chord
thank you
Michelle

Martie

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15 posted 2003-12-21 02:48 PM

Sweet! Enjoyed this, Gunslinger!

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

16 posted 2003-12-21 07:46 PM

Hey cowboy, you can cry anytime you need to. I like this poem, just like I like everything I've ever read by you. Well done.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

17 posted 2003-12-21 10:26 PM

John, you are a class act, and this is
a great write. Thanx for it...for all
the truth of it.

Merry Christmas to you...

Kahlil
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since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

18 posted 2003-12-21 10:34 PM

Wonderfully expressed, John. I enjoy the common thread of sensitivity in all your writing. Happy Holidays. ~K~

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