{"sf1_id":1356187,"sf2_id":"qmyYYYKm","title":"Heart Of A Gunslinger","author":"Mantrid_Brizon","words":191,"posted_at":"2018-08-01T04:47:00.000Z","tags":["Cowboy","Crime","Criminal","Death","Gangster","Pain","Poem","Poetry","Rhyme","Rogue","bandit","life","mobster","thief"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356187-heart-of-a-gunslinger","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/qmyYYYKm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/4a/9c/4a9ca867-e0d7-42e0-9381-cfc37a3639ce","description":"#20 of Poetry\n\nOriginally started as a poem about myself and my own personal failings, but as I don't like to write about me, it morphed into a little story about a gunfighter/gangster/insert-violent-criminal-here as they describe their life and warn the reader to avoid their ways.","content":"Heart Of A Gunslinger\n\n(06/16/2018)\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat a glorious life,\n\nIt has often been said,\n\nLiving free as a bird,\n\nBut the mountain of dead,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHaunt me at night,\n\nSo I rarely sleep,\n\nI toss and I turn,\n\nAnd some nights I weep,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nStealing and killing,\n\nBlood curdling shout,\n\nIt's not how I thought,\n\nMy life would turn out,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAm I able to change?\n\nOr is this who I am?\n\nMy character flaws,\n\nThe Almighty's plan?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA deep seeded rage,\n\nWith apathy's touch,\n\nInfecting my soul,\n\nThe pain is too much,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI know nothing else,\n\nBut hate what I am,\n\nI don't want to be,\n\nA devilish man,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut I do not know,\n\nIf I can become,\n\nSomeone to believe in,\n\nI'm the prodigal son,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut life is too short,\n\nTo fix my mistakes,\n\nSo please hear me out,\n\nFor all of your sakes,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI know I have lied,\n\nBut these words are true,\n\nI live by the gun,\n\nAnd I'll die by it too,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo please turn around,\n\nBefore it's too late,\n\nA life you can live,\n\nWithout sharing my fate.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356185-in-time.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356189-sterling.json"}}