If cowboys were poets there's few that would really know it.
Few would hear of the long days and sleepless nights.
Few would hear of their struggles and see them cry.
They're a helluva hand when crossing the land, and the loops they throw are quite grand, but sometimes they have to take a moment and sit to write a poem in the sand.
If cowboys were poets they would write of monstrous defeat that would truly make you take a seat.
They would write of long days with happy endings like a calf finally nursing and a smooth branding.
But they would have stories of dark nights, where everything went wrong and nothing went right.
If cowboys were poets few would know it,
But if you were so lucky as to read from these cowboy poets, you would laugh, you would cry, you would be thankful for a clear sky.
You would get angry and you would feel joy.
And you would realize that the cowboy is so much more than just a boy.
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If Cowboys Were Poets
PoetryThis is a poem wrote about rare moments when cowboys, cattlemen and cowgals are vulnerable. We live a rough and tumble live, but just like everyone else we crumble sometimes.
