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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2006-12-29 11:54 PM

The last day of December-
Always make me stop and think...
And relive lots of memories,
Of when I used to ride, and drink.

I recall the country dances,
Interspersed with barroom brawls.
The pretty buckle-polishers,
Their whispered, "Howdy, yall's".

Anticipated seasons,
With the Finals as my goal-
Till at last I sadly realized-
"Hey, hoss! You're gettin' old."

Now I find myself daydreaming,
For that other carefree life...
Ad envying the cowboys,
Who have family and a wife.

I guess I've known some cowboys,
Who made money at the game.
And carved a niche of honor,
In the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

But I've known five hundred others-
You have never heard their names.
We never made it to the Finals,
And we never staked our claims-

To that moments crowning glory-
When you know you've reached the top...
With no direction you can turn to,
That don't end up in a drop.

I don't sit and fondle buckles-
Talk about, " a way back when".
Bore the boys at the buckin' chutes-
With how we rode back then.

I still watch a show from time to time,
But I watch them from the stands.
I guess my pride won't let me...
Join the other "also rans".

wredgranny
Member

since 2006-11-18

Posts 493
Ky. USA

1 posted 2006-12-30 12:35 PM

I still watch a show from time to time,
But I watch them from the stands.
I guess my pride won't let me...
Join the other "also rans".

~AHO~ Well said,when one "breaks" a horse or bull they also break a part of self,with every taming of the wild of Mother Earth we destroy something that can not be replaced.

granny!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2006-12-30 09:07 AM

Hi cowboy!
You will never be an 'also ran'!!

Love to listen to your stories.
Have a wonderful New Year!

Sing in me muse...
and through me tell the story~

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2006-12-30 09:15 AM

good to read you again

you'll never get too old to write, thank God

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2006-12-31 01:38 AM

Wow -- this is a great poem. I ain't no cowboy but I certainly relate to the "also ran" feeling portrayed here.

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