Photo by Tom Chambers via Tess at Magpie Tales
Wide open here in God's country
That means hearts as well as range
Loneliness not the sole province of cowboys
Rim of her world defined by stone
Scratching its defiance of the sky
She knew the legend of star-crossed love
She knew the legend of star-crossed love
Romeo and Juliet of a different hue
Whispers of their mad leap from the butte
But all she wanted was to escape
the barbed wire of her heart
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Love the last stanza
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ReplyDeleteThe theme from "The Big Country" played in my head as I read this...beautiful, Irish...
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