"Remembered Ones"

The Legend Of "Eagle-Eye" Mitch

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Maybe no one in central Texas will forget
what did a boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch,
or the reason for he always would have swore
laying determinedly both hands on the Bible,
for a Queen that no one had ever seen.

2
"There's no Chief -you could always hear him say-
or a great President for me in some state...
I'm on my own and fine, here in my desert
with nothing more to see that sands and sky,
and a Queen in my heart above them all".

3
Well, he lived for years in the most dry land ;
and he grew fat with tasty bugs and worms ;
but most of all, this boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch
caught all Rattlers and more Serpents of his land
with one hand, to take them far, far away.

4
He used to sit by sunset in a cactus,
to watch the first star, shining from above...
Then when night fell he'd make quick a new burrow
right where someone had a treasure hidden,
to let all the precious stones to the fresh of night.

5
Soon Coyotes, and Wolves, and Birds of prey
gave up all hope of find him low-guarded.
In day or night, with sun or rain, 'twas the same...
When the hunter doing his best just found his steps,
Mitch was safe and sound a hundred miles away.

6
But because of his eyes he left us someday...
The most impossible love finally got him,
and poor boy "Eagle-Eye" Mitch had the heart split
for a woman who shouldn't have matched her...
The only Queen to whom he wanted to love.

7
So he found himself in the crossroads of choice
between heart and loyalty, sorrow or dishonor...
And he took the road which lead to loneliness,
the kind of land where there can't be pain or grief,
and where he lived, with his lasting memories.

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But maybe no one in central Texas will forget
what did a boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch,
or the reason for he always would have swore
laying determinedly both hands on the Bible,
for a Queen that no one had ever seen.