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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2004-05-25 12:13 PM

I used to try to tell myself,
That youth would last forever.
I didn't need a soul,
That I could make it on my own...
Just like a thousand other fools,
Before, and some will follow...
I find I'm growing older,
And too often I'm alone.

I did my share of drifting-
Back there when I was younger.
I knew the western deserts,
And the Arizona plains...
I had a few good friends, back then-
I rode a few good horses;
I loved my share of women-
Now just memory remains.

I made a lot of bad mistakes,
And now I'm paying for them...
Falls and spills I took back then,
Remind me when it's cold...
Of all things I've left behind-
My strength I miss the hardest...
And these gray hair and the wrinkles-
Tell me, stud, you're growing old.

TerryW
Senior Member

since 2000-03-23

Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA

1 posted 2004-05-25 12:15 PM

Wow! Very powerful work! Excellent!

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-05-25 08:37 AM

Hi cowboy...you're not getting older...just better.
Love the way you write John.
You have gifted us with yet another excellent write.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain~

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

3 posted 2004-05-25 09:32 AM

John, I think you'd do it all over again. I like your style and perspective.

believe in what your heart feels...

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2004-05-25 09:50 AM

Me to John, butcha know, if I had it to do all over again, I'd change one thing...when I was younger, I didn't pay attention to the hearts of others like I should have...that was unacceptable...but, hopefully I've changed, and will still strive to do better.

This was awesome, adding one more thing...I love this age John...though physically there is wear and tear, but mentally...one word...simply awesome.

This was a very upholding poem...thank you for your courage and stamina....to be treasured.

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

5 posted 2004-05-25 10:18 AM

Beautiful! Great rhyme scheme, lovely flow, and the message is one I have to echo.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-05-25 12:45 PM

a realization we all come to sooner or later John

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