"I wont die a coward" I tell myself I'll kill the coward within myself I think for myself for myself, this time. I grabbed his head the coward's head an end to an era an end to his sufferin, his fear a deer they'd take hold of, would be gone, but not fully. The cold shootin iron grazed his forehead, and an apology escaped my throat, before it went off, and it was over. I was a new man now. not one to cower, but one to grow. Bambi would be missed, but joey would be safe. I would be safe, after the cowardliness in me died