TO BE A MAN
by
Lillian
HE WALKED PURPOSEFULLY TO THE SALOON DOOR. "IT'S NOW OR NEVER!"
HE WAS DEFIANT…YET CAREFUL.
HE WAS DETERMINED…YET CAUTIOUS.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
BEN CARTWRIGHT VANQUISHED…SEIZED IN THE THROES OF DRUNKEN STUPOR??
HE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN.
HE WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE DESCENT INTO DEPRAVITY.
HE COULDN'T ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE.
HE WOULDN'T ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE.
HE'D SACRIFICE HIS PRIDE FOR THIS MAN.
HE'D SACRIFICE HIS VERY LIFE FOR HIM.
HIS PACE QUICKENED.
HIS BACK STIFFENED.
HE GENTLY CARESSED BEN'S HANDS.
BROWN EYES MET…
BROWN EYES CONNECTED…
BROWN EYES CRIED.
"PA, I'M HOME."