Gifts Ungiven

You gave and I made...

mistakes - as we will.

Love Made Me a Cowboy

This ain't my first rodeo, darling, 
but no matter how many times 
I get bucked off and rebuked
it still carries the same sting,
though I now know where to set my sights,
that when the gate falls, the game has changed. 

True, years and experience can have that effect, 
the bull kicks a little harder, 
we hold the reigns even tighter,
nearer to the drumbeat, the very same 
that compels me to dust off again and claim; 
you know, darling, this ain't my first rodeo.