Vine to Vine

I was a breath

Short of death

I was in grave danger

And I tried with all my might

To grab myself in the assault of this

Strange stranger

I never did expect such intolerance from such a

Ranger

And now my body lies in the heat of the Texas sun

No time for revenge

Or anger

My wife sits and waits for me

But I will never come back home

Only so many years on this Earth

And this is how I go?

This land I have broken

Now has broken my fall

One bullet through the palm of my raised hand

From a vicious man

Not even that tall

Bury me south

Of the divided street

Pack that land

In between my teeth

I've always had my death

All planned out

And it just so happens

To be right now