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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2002-09-02 11:59 PM

The little light was blinking-
There on my telephone...
So I'd received a message,
Today while I was gone.

I didn't recognize the voice-
It said, "You knew my son-
I really hate to tell you,
That last night he ate his gun"!

She told me who she was then-
And I recalled him well.
We'd served in 'Nam together...
We'd both done our time in Hell.

We'd worked for the same agency-
And lived a lawman's life...
All it cost me was my soul,
But him, his kids and wife.

I guess it is a hazard-
When you're in that line of work...
It makes a man a cynic...
And most say that I'm a jerk...

But self destruction's not my style-
Nor suicide my forte...
For life and death is but a game...
Survival is a sport.

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2002-09-03 12:04 PM

This is good

Cold hands means a warm heart

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2002-09-03 10:25 PM

you write well of being in a tough field of work.

M

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2002-09-03 10:52 PM

Very well written serious piece. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

4 posted 2002-09-04 01:41 PM

A great write about a very serious issue. My husband also did time in VietNam and is a wreck at times because of it. You handled this subject very well in this piece.

The White Rose~
A simple expression
of classic beauty.

Zall
Member

since 2002-08-25

Posts 214
London, England

5 posted 2002-09-04 05:44 PM

Great Work GS

Well written

Zall

Ps: Welcome to PIP

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2002-09-04 08:02 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh John, I am so very sorry to hear this, I know how Vietnam hurt so many who went there and saw everything and my heart goes out to your friend, though I too don't believe in suicide anymore either! (wipes tears) My thoughts are with you, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet John, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

7 posted 2002-09-04 08:40 PM

A powerful write.

Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Friedrich W. Nietzsche

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