A Good Boy

Written February 22, 2003 He’s a good little boy. People never knew. He wanted to do the right thing. In time he’ll pull thru. Takin’ an no givin, makes for a shitty way of livin’ ;; but he’s a good boy. Broken dreams… not sure how, to go back and get what he needs […]

Mary Alice

Written December 7, 2011 What a graceful and beautiful lady ; You are. Ridden hard at times, you have sustained. To hold yourself, as you do… and continue on. Your meekness, your kindness and beauty; are immeasurable. Your creativity? What was it you said? “I want my home to be interesting to me.” You taught […]

The Coldness

Written December 8, 2011 The cold will cut through you. It will stand along the edges of your soul. Waiting… For… First chance to pierce. Cold is cold. This is what you are. It is December, now.

Lover’s Lullaby

October 30, 2004 Sometimes… When you lay asleep beside me. Slumber… I cannot find. I wonder where you came from? You walked away with me so easily. Like I was the one you were looking to find. The way you love me, I have never known. Weren’t where we were supposed to be. We weren’t […]

Double R Ranch’s Two Riders

Cowgirl Poetry August 2004 – February 2012 Two riders, mounted up. Storm… Heavy on the wind. They saw the blackened turning skies above them. With a look between them… Brims down… Collars up…. They moved out. No doubt they would make it thru. The winds howled, like hell’s dogs. Lightning struck too close a thousand […]

Winner Takes All

Written April 16, 1998 The winner takes all ; If they play their cards right. Wait for the moments… When best to strike. To take away a beautiful life. To leave alone… your children and wife. To go away… Leave your life behind? The greater the haste, the more bitter the wine. Life goes on… […]

Three Sided Game

Written April 16, 1998 Took a look at love, looking back at me. I saw a different person in your eyes. Where I used to be. I get your spare…your free time. The way it is ? No one to blame… Love is war…in a three sided game. Two are happy. One is lame. Playing […]

Stranger Things…

Stranger things have happened… Been awhile since they have. This morning I missed a call, From Aunt Bev. I was talking to her husband on the phone; when the call came in. I really wish I could have caught that call… Aunt Bev. got her wings fifteen months ago. I hope she calls back. […]

Laverne and I

My Dear friend, Ole Laverne, the lessons we’ve learned. Life, love ,loss and gain … When were dead? Shall they know our names?….. HELL NO!!! A couple ‘o bitches…live outside ‘o town, out toward Pen -ol- lope. Top the two hills… make your curve. Cottonwood Creek (Cross to the Right…always) God Bless. Little bridge… Gravel […]

Stand Your Ground

Stand your ground, Your ground?… Is 100 Yards. End to end. If .. I am sweeping off a porch and it is my job,,, I will continue sweeping. If … I am dusting furniture and it is my job… I will continue dusting… Whatever…my job may be..I will continue it; It is my job…I get […]