eiji1 from Gamespot posted a poem about Red Dead Redemption. He figured I’d enjoy it because I was on TheHotSpot’s Red Dead Redemption episode last week.
Promise \ Ran Harpaz (eiji1)
A plain of rock and dust before me,
The midday sun above,
A buzzard and his shadow,
Become a link thereof,
The sound of clopping hooves resounds,
Across this wretched field,
It marks the beat of failing hearts,
And wills that threat to yield,
The pack across my shoulder’s heavy,
As is my bandolier,
A rattlesnake hisses beside me,
But I’m too worn out to fear,
The stitch in my left side is bleeding,
And all my booze is out,
My steed near-stumbles, shaking me,
And forcing me to shout,
Perhaps this day will be my last,
Perhaps my life is done,
Perhaps I’ll never see the sunset,
With my wife and son,
But I must persevere, must march,
As long as I can bear,
‘Cause to abandon either one,
Is something I won’t dare,
So I hold on, with pallid hands,
To blood soaked, leather rein,
My mind is blanking in and out,
My body wracked with pain.
And I’ll keep going, ’till I get,
To somewhere I can heal,
I won’t let go, I won’t forget,
This promise now I seal.
