Last Waltz of the Cowboy

He let the cold of the ocean
Take the blackness away
That he’d carried inside
Since a long time ago
His boots on his saddle
His horse walked beside him
The tide was washing old times away
And he was watching them go
Memories came
Of a time he’d been happy
Of the prettiest waitress
In that Midwest saloon
She’d bring his whiskey
And the end of the long day
And then they’d lay together
From sundown till noon
Now his eyes found the sunset
And he thought of her long hair
And the sound of her laughter
And the light of her smile
She’d been the sunshine of his life
All their times spent together
How long the pain would ride with him
She had been gone awhile
And the eyes of the brothers
As black as the darkness
They were bullies and fools
And called while he was away
They had their way with his sunshine
Too many shots led to one more
And then he’d ridden home
And found her that way
How he’d stood there lost
Where her pine box was buried
Where now his sunshine was carried
Never to feel her warmth again
And quiet as the moonlight
He loaded his pistols
He knew that his fallen sunshine
Would be joined by two men
Guns worn low on his hip
He rode to the bar room
To the card games where
He knew they would play
He tied up his horse
And he stepped on the porch
Swinging doors closed behind him
Like the end of the day
They sat about a round table
Clothed with whiskey and money
In the back of the bar room
Six men holding five cards
A piano playing ragtime
Everybody is smoking
At the end of the long bar
A wooden Indian stands guard
He walked past the bartender
As he moved toward the table
The room became quiet
Except the buzzing of flies
The other men backed away
From the unsmiling brothers
Before their hands reached their holsters
He put one between each of their eyes
He’d ridden away
From the hell he’d discovered
Countless moons he rode under
Past field and tree
He didn’t want to see life
A life with no sunshine
He’d ridden down from the mountains
Till he came to the sea
He let the cold of the ocean
Take the blackness away
That he’d carried inside
Since a long time ago
©MM

i like that !!

Hmmmm, still thinking........