Western Poetry posted April 29, 2010

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his life

A chapter in the book Writings From the Heart

Heartaches & cowboys

by deepwater

The end of this relationship was somewhat sad and cold What made it end so sudden was, the cowboy just got old She was younger by a decade, her life was riding high The cowboy loved his ranchland life and had to pick a side The trials and tribulations that make us who we are The teaching from our fathers that carry us this far The heartaches we must carry to make it day by day The loving from that woman he lost along the way Rich houses and the finerside was not what he had planned Between his late, late nights, her life was somewhat grand He tried to close that gap in life, both came from different worlds A logical man his simple life, the ranch was all he yearned The trials and tribulations that make us who we are The teaching from our fathers that carry us this far The heartaches we must carry to make it day by day The loving from that woman he lost along the way He lives his life so guarded as darkness turns to gray Still overseeing that ranchland, he rides it everyday His heart so full with memories, the woman she has gone With heartaches this old cowboy will keep on riding on The trials and tribulations that make us who we are The teaching from our fathers that carry us this far The heartaches we must carry to make it day by day The loving from that woman he lost along the way GW

Writing Prompt Sadness has overcome us all at one time or another. Either caused by a relative or close friend's death or from the girl or guy that broke our heart or just life in general. We all handle situations differently, some good, some bad. This contest gives us the ability to explore this. Your poem can also play into other emotions that are common to writing like this such as anger or depression.

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