Dream Two

I was shot and I was the President of Texas
at eleven; having split an empire
I knelt in the sand
waiting for my accuser to fire.

I was the President of Texas and
I thought my enemies would learn
that if they didn't kill with one shot
I would take my turn.

I was the President of Texas
at eleven; having split an empire
and survived being shot,
to what did I not aspire?

I am the President of Texas;
though grown old, I rule still
an empire stretching from sea to sea
and believe: I always will.