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The Rider With No Face : Dark Poetry

written by Poet : oldhoppy26


 

It seems like in some dream or in some other place,

I first saw that image – the rider with no face.

It was no homemade mask, scarf or old flour sack,

Just newly scarred flesh with piercing eyes that stared back.

 

He wore a dark sombrero and rode a pale white horse—

Never said a word 'cause he had no mouth of course.

I could see his black holster with silver inlay

As sun glinted on it and clouds all rolled away.

 

And though he had no lips, I swore he spoke my name:

"Turn to thyself," I heard him say, "never know shame."

Then he turned round and trotted off into the black,

As I quickly took aim and shot him in the back.

 

Then as I stood by him and watched him slowly die,

He began to then change and I did not know why.

I looked at that nameless face and there I did find,

A face I now recognized and that face was mine.

Originally Posted On Site: 2009-10-14 14:44:08
Last Login: 03.02.10


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