Hard Man

     
you sauntered up      
wore your best words      
laid them out before me      
       
poetry your native tongue      
those damned lines      
licked at my soul      
       
kindled a fire      
from tinder        
that was all but ash      
made me burn hot      
       
with a country twang      
in your voice      
you inspired me        
to love the land      
hard as your rugged hands      
       
you taught me so much      
no nonsense      
reminded me        
of my own dad      
       
you don't put up with  
the shit that passes      
as truth in empty words     
       
you can't stand the bull      
no games      
no messing around      
you don't have time for it      
with favorites & the like      
       
I watch you quietly      
you think I can't learn      
though I have      
so much from your        
simple silence      
       
it speaks volumes      

in its depths      
I am reprimanded      
       
       
       
       
       
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