Could it have been the cold dark night?A Poem by ron Yes I know its the same song. But the song is a powerful one. "barmaid" captcha. I couldn't make this up. Could
it have been the cold dark night?
In
the cantina he sat, in
the candle light he waited.
Was
it for love or honor, no
one will ever know.
At
the table… he
never looked up.
He
just poured the last drop of courage into his glass.
The
doors pushed open, and
twelve of them walked in and took their place.
He
sipped down the last drop, and
tilted the brim of his hat up.
“Come
with us and there won’t be any trouble” was what they said.
He
knew it was a kangaroo court he had to face, and
that just would do.
Six
shots in his gun was all he had, no
one would think less of him if just gave up.
But
that was not his way, slowly
he stood.
He
pulled his watch from his pocket, opened
it and reflected on the picture on the inside of the cover.
“This
is for you” he
said as a tear fell and faded his love.
Drawing
his gun with lightning speed, six
fell before the first shot was heard.
A
Roar of two more was heard before the stranger moved, one
more fell to a knife in his chest.
The
other three stood frozen unable to move, but
guns they drew, how
brave they must have felt before to the ground they sank.
No
one knows why the stranger loved her, the
w***e of the town.
On
a cloudy rainy night you might hear the cry of the stranger, as
his love placed a knife into his back.
© 2014 ronAuthor's Note
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ronImperial, CAAboutI have been writing on and off or more years than i care to remember. I started writing poetry, than i started a novel (still in the works), now I'm writing a six part short story erotic.. more..Writing
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