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Gunslinger
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0 posted 2005-11-13 01:35 AM


I sit here at your bedside,
Watch the moonlight on your face,
The paths carved in your makeup-
Where the teardrops left their trace…
I want so much to hold you,
And to tell you how I feel-
Inform you of my presence-
But, alas, it is unreal.

We really should have married-
Our love was plain to see.
So readily apparent-
To every one but me…
I'd laugh each time you told me-
Of your love, I'd make a joke.
Unable to confide in you-
It's all gone up in smoke.

I was flying out of Boise-
Fighting fires in Idaho…
And I took too many chances,
Everybody told me so.
You pleaded with me to slow down,
Not take the foolish risks-
I'd smile and make some light remark-
Then hush you with a kiss.

A year ago last Tuesday-
A major forest fire…
The winds blew hard and fitful,
The flames kept raging higher.
Al and I were trying hard-
And falling way behind,
When a bunch of jumper's were cut off-
Behind a flaming line.

"Big Al" took in the first drop-
And I built on his lead-
The wind was blowing harder-
And gusting in the trees.
We had to make our drops too low-
My engine was aflame-
The fire got to my fuel tank-
I went calling out your name.

But I'll never really leave you-
I sit with you each night.
When you weep upon my photograph…
And you die a bit inside.
I told you, all too often-
In those other, better days…
You are my girl, you'll always be-
I'll be with you always.

© Copyright 2005 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
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just out of reach
1 posted 2005-11-13 09:24 AM


John, I don't remember reading this before .. so I am very happy that you reposted it. Just wonderful.
hugs, Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
2 posted 2005-11-13 10:00 AM


Excellent write cowboy!!!
Love the way you pull the reader in.
Hugs~Nancy

Now - while the leaves still dance on the wind
While the moon and the clouds come spinning
Will you whisper my name again?
Again...and again...

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