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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2004-03-09 12:03 PM

There's a lonely wind that's blowing,
Down off the Great Divide.
The prairie grass is bending...
Where the Cheyenne used to ride.

I sit astride a buckskin,
And contemplate my youth...
And wonder where the years have gone.
And, partner, that's the truth.

It seems like only yesterday,
That I was seventeen...
With itchy feet to travel,
Where the grass is always green.

I left the ranch at seventeen-
My mother cried and cried.
Daddy gave me fifty dollars,
As he followed me outside.

"I wish it could be more, son-
I know you have to go...
I guess it must be in our blood,
To follow rodeo".

For years I chased the title-
And never did get close.
But I had a ball a tryin'...
I guess that's the way it goes.

Now my hair is graying-
And I have my aches and pains.
I'm stove up in the winter,
And every time it rains.

All I have are memories,
But listen close, my friend...
If I had another chance-
I'd do it all again.

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

1 posted 2004-03-09 12:26 PM

John, the true test of a good time is whether you'd do it again. It's great to read your words again.

believe in what your heart feels...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-03-09 12:31 PM

yeah...I think I would too

good to see you John

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2004-03-09 12:42 PM

There you are my cowboy friend! Great to read your words once more. hugs, Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."

— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-03-09 02:38 PM

Hey cowboy..how ya doin'?
I know you would do it all again..
I can tell by how proudly you write about those times...
Only wish you would tell us more rodeo stories.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me ~

muted

Member Elite

since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

5 posted 2004-03-09 08:29 PM

the best lives leave no regrets...

but, you know that!

really enjoyed this

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

6 posted 2004-03-10 10:37 AM

Wonderful....I get caught up in your poems and live the life through them....Absolutely wonderful...

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

7 posted 2004-03-10 08:57 PM

Oh, absolutely. Shoot, if I had the chance, I'd do more of it!

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

8 posted 2004-03-10 10:42 PM

Classic Gunslinger
Smooth flowing, easy going verses, and always a message
Take care
Liz

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