March 16, 2014
Walk On
My mind is working
My soul screams out
This body is full of pain
Everyone looks
As they walk by
Thinking I’m insane
A bit of change
They throw my way
Giving themselves a high
But from their looks
Everyone can tell,
It’d be okay if I died
My mind is working
My soul screams out
This body is full of pain
Everyone looks
As they walk by, yet
Which of us is sane
Copyright ©2014 Ellis William Moore
February 13, 2014
If Love was Death:
If love was death
I would live
for eternity.
Nor would I know
its sweet touch or
if it winked at me.
If love was death
and only came in
the dark of night.
The sun would
shine forever on me
with its glowing light.
If love was death
it would not come
to my open door.
I would not hear
knocking, knocking
just a cry of nevermore.
Copyright ©2004 Ellis William Moore
Copyright ©2004 Ellis William Moore
January 21, 2014
Why
Eyes met, bodies went wild
they knew no love would be found
between the two now there is one
no one cares what it might be
money makes everything alright
when it’s gone they will play
repeat
always repeat
why does this have to be?
they knew no love would be found
between the two now there is one
no one cares what it might be
money makes everything alright
when it’s gone they will play
repeat
always repeat
why does this have to be?
December 29, 2013
True Love
Rip ones heart out of their chest
With words of love and emptiness
Build them up to tear them down
Scatter their hopes and dreams around
Make them think your love is true
For none can see the truth in you
Rip ones heart out of their soul
Watch them die before they turn old
With words of love and emptiness
Build them up to tear them down
Scatter their hopes and dreams around
Make them think your love is true
For none can see the truth in you
Rip ones heart out of their soul
Watch them die before they turn old
December 22, 2013
The days before Christmas
One ring-e-ding-e Two ring-e-ding-e Three ring-e-ding-e Four
Light the fire place and lock all the doors
If he gets in with a finger side his nose
We've broken glass to cut up his toes
A restraining order tacked on the chimney up high
I have my trained squirrels to chew out his eyes
Bury his things out under the old shad
Make sure his rain deer are butchered and dead
Make sure his rain deer are butchered and deaddddd
This is just a song so please don't you fear
For old Saint Nick keeps me well stocked beer
For old Saint Nick keeps me well stocked beerrrrr
One ring-e-ding-e Two ring-e-ding-e Three ring-e-ding-e Four
Light the fire place and lock all the doors
If he gets in with a finger side his nose
We've broken glass to cut up his toes
A restraining order tacked on the chimney up high
I have my trained squirrels to chew out his eyes
Bury his things out under the old shad
Make sure his rain deer are butchered and dead
Make sure his rain deer are butchered and deaddddd
This is just a song so please don't you fear
For old Saint Nick keeps me well stocked beer
For old Saint Nick keeps me well stocked beerrrrr
One ring-e-ding-e Two ring-e-ding-e Three ring-e-ding-e Four
October 6, 2013
Soul
Evil lurks within the heart
Eyes of sky soft blue
Fiery tongue smoked coal black
Words as sweet as dew
Touch not that soul beneath
Dark eternity waits for you
Eyes of sky soft blue
Fiery tongue smoked coal black
Words as sweet as dew
Touch not that soul beneath
Dark eternity waits for you
February 21, 2013
Whistle:
Here I sit, out in the middle of nowhere, waiting. You would think a man could make a better living doing anything other than what he does. Still, the truth is, for four dollars a month, what he does is not hard work. I would not have his job for double the money.
As Sheriff, aside from busting a drunken cowboy up side the head now and then, the waiting was the hardest part of this job. Yep, this damn waiting was the hardest part.
I can remember like it was just yesterday. Ralph Johnson rode into town that morning. That day was not a lot different then every day was. It was dry and hot, with a wind up from Mexico. Sixty percent of it was sand, mixed with them damn tumble weeds.
I was sitting there by the Sheriff’s Office, leaning back in my chair, talking to Larry, our blacksmith, about getting a set of shoes on my horse, Torank. She ran herself right out of the last pair.
I should have called her “Hell Bitch”. The family of pilgrims that sold her to me sure picked the right time to do it. The wind was blowing so hard, I thought he told me, “For two dollars I could buy their horse, Torank.” Later I figured he must’ve said “I could buy their horse for two dollars because she was too rank.”
Larry was telling me it would cost me another two bits, for the time wasted trying to dodge the kicking from that damn horse of mine.
Ralph rode up and said, “Howdy” to Larry and me, then asked if we had seen Doc around town.
Larry told him Old Doc was at the widow Mackey’s place. Her milk cow was having problems calving.
Ralph turned his horse south, but, before he could spur her, I asked, ‘How’s the missus and that new baby boy doing?’
“Fine,” Ralph said. “Just fine now. Yep, they’re doing just fine.” Spurring his mount, he trotted out of town in the direction of the widow’s farm.
The look in Ralph Johnson’s eyes gave me a weird feeling. I tossed Larry two bits and told him to get Torank ready as fast as he could.
Larry walked up to the Sheriff’s office, leading Torank, already saddled.
“You could have ridden her up here,” I told Larry.
“You couldn’t pay me enough to get me on that horse,” Larry said, laughing, as he tossed my reins back to me.
I thought I better head for the widow’s first. I should get there a bit after dark, but I figured there would be enough light. I could ride on over to Ralph Johnson’s place in the morning.
As I rode up to the widow’s farm, I saw a light out by the corral. Riding over to the light, I could see the widow just sitting there by her cow. On top of the cow laid doc.
“What happened, Miss Mackey?” I asked.
“Ralph. Ralph just rode up and shot Anna Bell. Just shot Anna Bell dead. Her and the calf.”
“Miss Mackey, what happened to the doc?”
“Well, land sakes, boy. Can’t you see him laying there? He shot Doc, too.”
“I’m trying to find out why he shot the doc, Miss Mackey. Did you hear them say anything to each other?”
“Well, Mr. Johnson came walking up and asked the Doc, ‘Did you get my message to come back out to the farm? Something’s wrong with Catherine and the boy.’ The Doc told him yes, but he’d had other rounds to make and would see them when he could get there. That’s when Mr. Ralph pulled out the gun and said he would help get the doc there faster. Sheriff, I think the first shot killed the doc, but when Doc fell across Anna Bell, Ralph just kept on shooting and shooting. I heard Ralph’s gun click about four times. He turned to me and said, ‘I have to get back to Catherine and Bobby. Have a good night, Miss Mackey.’”
When I rode out to Ralph Johnson’s farm, I saw him up on the hillside. I pulled my gun and walked up behind him.
He was still looking down when he said, “Hi, Sheriff. I’m ready when you are.”
I slid my gun back into the holster. I looked down and saw two crosses.
One read: “Catherine Johnson loving wife and mother, March 9, 1857 - July.17, 1874.” The other read: “Bobby Johnson beloved son, July 15, 1874 - July 17, 1874.”
“The Doc never came back, Sheriff. He never came back.”
‘Waiting is the hardest part,’ I thought to myself, as I heard the lonely train whistle calling from far down the track.
“The nine fifty-five, right on time,” I said, looking at my watch.
Yes, nothing I can do now, but sit here and wait for that hangman.
As Sheriff, aside from busting a drunken cowboy up side the head now and then, the waiting was the hardest part of this job. Yep, this damn waiting was the hardest part.
I can remember like it was just yesterday. Ralph Johnson rode into town that morning. That day was not a lot different then every day was. It was dry and hot, with a wind up from Mexico. Sixty percent of it was sand, mixed with them damn tumble weeds.
I was sitting there by the Sheriff’s Office, leaning back in my chair, talking to Larry, our blacksmith, about getting a set of shoes on my horse, Torank. She ran herself right out of the last pair.
I should have called her “Hell Bitch”. The family of pilgrims that sold her to me sure picked the right time to do it. The wind was blowing so hard, I thought he told me, “For two dollars I could buy their horse, Torank.” Later I figured he must’ve said “I could buy their horse for two dollars because she was too rank.”
Larry was telling me it would cost me another two bits, for the time wasted trying to dodge the kicking from that damn horse of mine.
Ralph rode up and said, “Howdy” to Larry and me, then asked if we had seen Doc around town.
Larry told him Old Doc was at the widow Mackey’s place. Her milk cow was having problems calving.
Ralph turned his horse south, but, before he could spur her, I asked, ‘How’s the missus and that new baby boy doing?’
“Fine,” Ralph said. “Just fine now. Yep, they’re doing just fine.” Spurring his mount, he trotted out of town in the direction of the widow’s farm.
The look in Ralph Johnson’s eyes gave me a weird feeling. I tossed Larry two bits and told him to get Torank ready as fast as he could.
Larry walked up to the Sheriff’s office, leading Torank, already saddled.
“You could have ridden her up here,” I told Larry.
“You couldn’t pay me enough to get me on that horse,” Larry said, laughing, as he tossed my reins back to me.
I thought I better head for the widow’s first. I should get there a bit after dark, but I figured there would be enough light. I could ride on over to Ralph Johnson’s place in the morning.
As I rode up to the widow’s farm, I saw a light out by the corral. Riding over to the light, I could see the widow just sitting there by her cow. On top of the cow laid doc.
“What happened, Miss Mackey?” I asked.
“Ralph. Ralph just rode up and shot Anna Bell. Just shot Anna Bell dead. Her and the calf.”
“Miss Mackey, what happened to the doc?”
“Well, land sakes, boy. Can’t you see him laying there? He shot Doc, too.”
“I’m trying to find out why he shot the doc, Miss Mackey. Did you hear them say anything to each other?”
“Well, Mr. Johnson came walking up and asked the Doc, ‘Did you get my message to come back out to the farm? Something’s wrong with Catherine and the boy.’ The Doc told him yes, but he’d had other rounds to make and would see them when he could get there. That’s when Mr. Ralph pulled out the gun and said he would help get the doc there faster. Sheriff, I think the first shot killed the doc, but when Doc fell across Anna Bell, Ralph just kept on shooting and shooting. I heard Ralph’s gun click about four times. He turned to me and said, ‘I have to get back to Catherine and Bobby. Have a good night, Miss Mackey.’”
When I rode out to Ralph Johnson’s farm, I saw him up on the hillside. I pulled my gun and walked up behind him.
He was still looking down when he said, “Hi, Sheriff. I’m ready when you are.”
I slid my gun back into the holster. I looked down and saw two crosses.
One read: “Catherine Johnson loving wife and mother, March 9, 1857 - July.17, 1874.” The other read: “Bobby Johnson beloved son, July 15, 1874 - July 17, 1874.”
“The Doc never came back, Sheriff. He never came back.”
‘Waiting is the hardest part,’ I thought to myself, as I heard the lonely train whistle calling from far down the track.
“The nine fifty-five, right on time,” I said, looking at my watch.
Yes, nothing I can do now, but sit here and wait for that hangman.
September 25, 2011
Too Late:
No sword or quill
Or words whispered
Upon bent knees
Or silent thoughts
Will one know the truth
Within thy own heart
For in the darkest folds
Lies truths forgotten by us
But we’ll remember
After this life is no more
For they’ll be written in blood
On pages of pure white
Or words whispered
Upon bent knees
Or silent thoughts
Will one know the truth
Within thy own heart
For in the darkest folds
Lies truths forgotten by us
But we’ll remember
After this life is no more
For they’ll be written in blood
On pages of pure white
August 29, 2011
Vagabonds:
cry not for them
cry for the ones lost
cry for those who
turn away not seeing
cry for my soul
for I saw not God’s hand
keeping my pence’s
only for myself
cry for the ones lost
cry for those who
turn away not seeing
cry for my soul
for I saw not God’s hand
keeping my pence’s
only for myself
August 10, 2011
Tears for tomorrow:
Tho, life entered
into their view
Eyes close
to what’s seen
Mind’s give
no thought
Lips held tight
in silence
Yet we
scream from within
Know us,
for who we are
Life passed on
No one remembered
into their view
Eyes close
to what’s seen
Mind’s give
no thought
Lips held tight
in silence
Yet we
scream from within
Know us,
for who we are
Life passed on
No one remembered
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