Life Worn Heart

“A Cowboy is born with a broken heart” I once heard someone say But it’s life’s travails that make it seem that way Just settle back & lend an ear I will see if I can explain Its every “good bye” left unspoken every tear that’s never shed It’s the pride you just can’t swallow every apology left unsaid It’s the emptiness & sorrow you carry with you on life’s trails It was in the way back years must have been six or seven I watched a strong man crumble When I saw my Daddy cry He’d just come from burying Grandpa Never got to say Good Bye We lost the ranch when I was eight and though his dream had failed I watched my Daddy shoulder on Never buckling under the weight He altered course & tried again Heart worn & weary but he prevailed When I was but a woman child True love found, my forever friend We’d talked of “Through Forever” He rides in Heaven’s arena now True love’s bonds the veil can’t sever All to soon I lost him to a Brahma wild A Cowboy’s heart isn’t broken at the very start It’s the unspoken words and unshed tears Its all those lonely midnight memories that creates a Life Worn Heart (c) January 2004