I Miss Them Bad (and, Yes, I know it should be badly.)

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Open Poetry #37

I Miss Them Bad (and, Yes, I know it should be badly.)

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2006-04-09 11:37 PM

I have followed many highways,
I have eaten dust...
Traversed a lot of byways
In my wanderlust.

Missed a lot of chances-
Left much happiness behind:
But I've a wealth of happy memories,
That rest gently on my mind.

I've known a lot of people,
And I've had some friends.
And I may have some others,
But it all depends...

On just how much commitment-
A relationship demands.
Because a drifter can't be happy,
When he's bound by vows and bands.

I used to be a cowboy
In my younger days.
Though I'm a lifetime older,
I can't change my ways.

I love the Painted Desert,
And the Canyon's southern rim...
And the shadowed mountain valleys...
As the day is growing dim.

The stars that glow like diamonds
In black velvet, western skies,
The howl of the coyotes-
As they sing their lullaby's.

The sound of cattle lowing,
And the horses coming in...
Are the melodies I'm missing,
And I miss them bad, my friend.

fmlbarebackrider2001
Member

since 2005-11-16

Posts 138
West Texas, United States

1 posted 2006-04-09 11:51 PM

Here Here Cowboy! I know the feeling all to well. You're sure not alone in that, my friend.

Know yourself before you try to know someone else.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

2 posted 2006-04-10 12:11 PM

"The sound of cattle lowing,
And the horses coming in...
Are the melodies I'm missing,
And I miss them bad, my friend."

You're certainly not alone in that Cowboy. Seems no matter what has happened in our lives we miss it when we lose it but your life sounds so wonderful and free. Great write!

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

3 posted 2006-04-10 05:04 AM

Gunslinger, you score a bulls eye every shot! The excitement of the road is addictive! I miss having the freedom to wander,...I miss it bad! :-)

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

4 posted 2006-04-10 08:51 AM

Painted Desert!! I always wanted to see it. Well done John.

believe in what your heart feels...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2006-04-10 09:53 PM

dust tastes good at some point in life yaknow? yeah.

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