# Heart Of A Gunslinger

Author: Mantrid_Brizon
Tags: Cowboy, Crime, Criminal, Death, Gangster, Pain, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Rogue, bandit, life, mobster, thief

#20 of Poetry

Originally 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.

Heart Of A Gunslinger

(06/16/2018)

 

What a glorious life,

It has often been said,

Living free as a bird,

But the mountain of dead,

 

Haunt me at night,

So I rarely sleep,

I toss and I turn,

And some nights I weep,

 

Stealing and killing,

Blood curdling shout,

It's not how I thought,

My life would turn out,

 

Am I able to change?

Or is this who I am?

My character flaws,

The Almighty's plan?

 

A deep seeded rage,

With apathy's touch,

Infecting my soul,

The pain is too much,

 

I know nothing else,

But hate what I am,

I don't want to be,

A devilish man,

 

But I do not know,

If I can become,

Someone to believe in,

I'm the prodigal son,

 

But life is too short,

To fix my mistakes,

So please hear me out,

For all of your sakes,

 

I know I have lied,

But these words are true,

I live by the gun,

And I'll die by it too,

 

So please turn around,

Before it's too late,

A life you can live,

Without sharing my fate.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/qmyYYYKm
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