End-of-Day! (a
lonesome-cowboy Love!-song)
At-dusk
she saw him riding a fence-line toward any End-of-Day!
Another
broken-heart absent a “Good-bye!” he just couldn’t-say
Following
a “Gold-in-the-sun”-dreamin’ his Love!-game
end-play
She
spun a loop-wide to-snare a-man but vacant-empty came-up
You
can’t rope-’em or hold-’em or win-’em when his game is-up
Soft-spoken!
Gentle-lovin’! Like any Whisper-wind
comfort-warm
Always
sheltered-alone forewarned in-harbor
abhorring some-storm
His-horse!
His first-Love! Maybe a cur-dog on
the trail comes-along
Worn-out
ole-guitar a-strummin’ some lonesome-summit sad-song
At-dusk
she saw him riding a fence-line toward any End-of-Day!
Another
broken-heart absent a “Good-bye!” he just couldn’t-say
Following
a “Gold-in-the-sun”-dreamin’ his Love!-game
end-play
She
admitted-defeat! A stay-at-home cowboy just not in the-cards
Stud-poker
in a-saloon! Win-a-few! Lose-some! With good ole-pards!
They’re
all-drifters! Sooner-or-later! For-sure more-than-once! Loners!
Brave-men!
Self-taught! Reliable! True! Mostly “too-young” goners!
She-exhaled!
Lost! Might have raised us a passel-of-kids? Probably-not!
Momma-advised,
“Love-cowboys! Marry-bankers! For-money! A-lot!”
At-dusk
she saw him riding a fence-line toward any End-of-Day!
Another
broken-heart absent a “Good-bye!” he just couldn’t-say
Following
a “Gold-in-the-sun”-dreamin’ his Love!-game
end-play
“Pretty!?” A-bit!? But, a-beauty! She-be! In a land of ten-men to
one-girl!
All–the-young-boys
anxious-enough! A-“lonely” ride
on-any night-swirl!
Sun-up!
to Sun-down! polishing saddle-leather for 30-a-month and found!
Sometimes
a bunkhouse “snore”-serenade!
Too-often asleep on-the-ground!
“One-day!”
She-prayed, hopeless, “He’ll ride my-way again. But, too-late!”
And---If he should-chance?...She’ll be “dead’-eyes
old beyond a years-date!
At-dusk
she saw him riding a fence-line toward any End-of-Day!
Another
broken-heart absent a “Good-bye!” he just couldn’t-say
Following
a “Gold-in-the-sun”-dreamin’ his Love!-game
end-play
Amen!---Me pretty-maiden
fair! Just…
Amen!
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