Photo by Oleg Volk. (thanks Oleg!)
TWO THINGS
Two things move under night sky
the thing that came to kill, and I
He, released from prison to roam
and I, peaceably headed to home
He carries a knife and drug addled sense
seeing just prey, without defense
I detect movement, intuitive fear
and put my hand to pistol near
Worried, alone in that gloomy blight
above the fear, I prepare to fight
He hears the click of a chambered round
fleeing quickly to hunt safer ground
No predator dares go hunting for me
for I am armed, that makes me free
I holster my pistol and slowly stand down
heading towards home in a dark, sleeping town
For there are two things that will not die
my right to carry, and this night, I
© Brigid - Home on the Range 2009
TWO THINGS
Two things move under night sky
the thing that came to kill, and I
He, released from prison to roam
and I, peaceably headed to home
He carries a knife and drug addled sense
seeing just prey, without defense
I detect movement, intuitive fear
and put my hand to pistol near
Worried, alone in that gloomy blight
above the fear, I prepare to fight
He hears the click of a chambered round
fleeing quickly to hunt safer ground
No predator dares go hunting for me
for I am armed, that makes me free
I holster my pistol and slowly stand down
heading towards home in a dark, sleeping town
For there are two things that will not die
my right to carry, and this night, I
© Brigid - Home on the Range 2009
This should be posted far and wide under the heading "Why good people are armed".
ReplyDeleteI can see one more poem... a darker one... of one who was not armed and free.
Very nice, Brigid!
ReplyDeleteWolves and coyotes don't like sheepdogs much....well said!
ReplyDeleteAwesomeness! Simply beautiful.
ReplyDeletePerfect. the mushroom
ReplyDeleteWell said and beautifully written. When Truth and Poetry combine in rhyme and meter, it is Beautiful.
ReplyDeletewell expressed ...
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT!
ReplyDeletewv: hurgael
You there! Stop making it look easy!
ReplyDeleteJim
Well said!
ReplyDeleteI agree you do make it look too easy! Beautiful poem.
ReplyDeleteOh, excellently said! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, well-crafted prose!
ReplyDelete(of course that's not unusual for you Brigid)
I can write poetry only when I am sick or on prescription pain medication, and of course it is not worth publishing. You are awesome! Over in the Land Of Lincoln we are expected to deal with predators empty-handed unless we are on our home ground. Oh Well, or words to that effect.
ReplyDeleteAmen, friend Brigid!
ReplyDeleteReally well said. I believe this sort of thing may happen many times a day - with just the presence of a weapon stopping the crime. We must maintain the ability to protect ourselves. I admire and appreciate your writing and pictures. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAs we said on the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71): "Nuff said"
ReplyDeleteH the IH
That is publishable and, as Teach says, should be promulgated far and wide. Brilliantly done.
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I.Love.It!
ReplyDeletegreat poem Brigid, very well put!
She works, cooks, shoots, fixs stuff, and writes beautiful prose and poetry....what a women! Another terrific post.
ReplyDeleteGreat writing... nice Tokarev :)
ReplyDeleteWell said, from a land across the ocean where the criminal seems to have more rights than the victim!
ReplyDeleteNice and very well put!!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely worth publishing far and wide.
ReplyDeleteVERY good job!
ReplyDeleteGood stuff!
ReplyDeleteI am heading back to Fort Wayne this weekend, another gun show, and this time I'm loading up. News and actions in DC by Obama regarding guns and the economy are moving at a break neck pace.
I fear the other shoe is gonna drop much quicker than any of us could have imagined.
I'm not normally a poetry type, but you did a real nice job there!
ReplyDeleteThink maybe we could get a country singer to record it?
Both the sentiment and the poetry are spot-on.
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Beautiful work again, Brigid. There are few things more enjoyable than reading you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a very apt and very well done poem.
Regards.
Thank you. And a bigger thanks to Tam for the inspiration and Oleg for taking that picture.
ReplyDeleteYou have the face of an angel, and the soul of a poet. But we, your friends from childhood, already knew that.
ReplyDeleteBig hug from the whole clan.
MP.
The perp in question tried for someone else that night. His further experience was even less happy...
ReplyDeleteOn target!
ReplyDeleteExcellent poem! Great way to make the point.
ReplyDeleteMost excellent!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hate bad poetry, and anything near it. This, I enjoyed immensely.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding!
ReplyDeleteVery, very well said.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me really want to move to a free state in a free country. Well, once this degree's finished....
Well said.
ReplyDeleteNicely written!
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those people who would never have a gun, but I fully support our constitutional right to bear arms.
ReplyDeleteBut tell me, do we need to have assault weapons? Who are we defending ourselves against?