It is okay honey. I will be alright

Just a few words.

                         It is okay honey. I will be alright.

I love you still.
Far away or near.
You have saved me with kindness and gentleness.
This is what love is.
No perfect love.
Just us seeking some kind of love in our desperate time.
You were some sunshine.
A little magic to make me dream.
I love the woman who wanted Paris.
I wanted you content.
Please dance and drink sweet red wine.
Life is to be lived. You made me live and smile.
Please remember me.
I shall remember you.
                          Coyote/John Castellenas

Author's Note

Just words. I hope you enjoy.

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

What a wonderful write this is, John. If two people can not stay together, at least they can wish one another all the best. They can remember the good times and relish teh memories. Sometimes a break up seems like the end of the world, but truly it is not. There is a lot of world left out there to see and you WILL be all right. I liked your attitude in this one. Lydi**

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Lydia. Life isn't fair in love. Better to accept less and hold on to the friendship.

[Cryingkate]

Or ......... Accept more .... Is Living on memories alone, like a one way conversation in a graveyard?
Perhaps, Sometimes memories should be just that. A sweet fragrance we look back on.
There are so many new memories to create and so much new Love and open spaces to explore.
The smell of new love is so sweet.
Love is a procreational force that ever evolves and re creates itself over and over in so many forms.
just my thoughts John, Not just about you. Your poem and poems mirror back to me of my own thoughts comings and goings.
You know I love your writes and they so easily reflect my own type of stored memories of love.
And the stubborn ones that I would not let go of.

[Cryingkate]

Oops.. I meant to add that Lydia once again your review thoughts awaken me to your brilliance.
I wanted to review here so you could also see and add thoughts to my thoughts of Johns wonderful poem. Ps Good Morning to you both.

[Coyote Poetry]

Good morning dear friend.

[Cryingkate]

And A Fine Good Morning to You also.
Today is going to be a Wonderful Day I just know it is.read moreAnd A Fine Good Morning to You also.
Today is going to be a Wonderful Day I just know it is.
I felt something strongly different and Special about the Stars last night and even told Gary and he just called me and told me I was right. There is some plant stuff going on right now. I have to go look it up and see what they say about it.
Do you feel it? See it?

[Lydia Shutter]

Good morning Kate and John.

[Coyote Poetry]

Good morning back to you.

[Cryingkate]

Good Morning you Beautiful Souls !

[Wórdsmíth]

Quiet emotional! You`ve put the warmth of your tear-drops in your words indeed. Ah! It`s really a heartfelt write, you did a great job!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you. Goodbye poetry is always sad.

[Wórdsmíth]

Pleasure. Yeah.. it is.
Mind if I ask, How many times... you & your wife fought?

[Coyote Poetry]

Never. This is for someone lost in the past. I got marry late in life. 36 years old. I followed my Grandpa advice. Nothing good to say. Say nothing. Never go to bed angry or leave the house.

[Wórdsmíth]

Never? Sounds Amazing.
Oh.. 36 years? That`s too late but i`m glad even you found a true love of your life. It doesn`t matter how late you got married with a beautiful woman of your life.. what does matter is .. how you kept her right ov`r the outlines of your eyes & into the streams of your heart.

There`re very few men who keep their wives happy. May be, again.. they`re hidden behind the detours of their life ... I`m glad to hear your answer and by the way, your Grandpa advice`s refreshed me either. Indeed.

[Coyote Poetry]

I learn from my father. Six woman and 11 kids. He raised none of them. I had his blood. So I stayed single till I was ready to settle down. If you are not ready. Don't make promises you cannot keep.

[Wórdsmíth]

Well... 6-women? And, beside the same blood in you, you`re with 1-woman. That`s quiet good. May be, you`re born with a true heart, Coyote cos, in today`s world ... people are mad at love (even they should be) but what kinda love they do make`s all already hidden behind the sympathy of faithless time ... which never let them grow up in "love"... but you`re well grown up even that`s why you`ve found a true love. Yeah, I admire the line: "Don`t make promises you can`t keep" .. People say, "promises are meant to be broken" .. right? "Yes!" Then I ask the world, if the promises are made to be broken then why an every soul`d making another promise to another spirit of peace? And, the answer I got is, "Because.. this`s life where everything`s found even depends upon your heart".

[Wórdsmíth]

Well... 6-women? And, beside the same blood in you, you`re with 1-woman. That`s quiet good. May be, you`re born with a true heart, Coyote cos, in today`s world ... people are mad at love (even they should be) but what kinda love they do make`s all already hidden behind the sympathy of faithless time ... which never let them grow up in "love"... but you`re well grown up even that`s why you`ve found a true love. Yeah, I admire the line: "Don`t make promises you can`t keep" .. People say, "promises are meant to be broken" .. right? "Yes!" Then I ask the world, if the promises are made to be broken then why an every soul`d making another promise to another spirit of peace? And, the answer I got is, "Because.. this`s life where everything`s found even depends upon your heart".

[Coyote Poetry]

One woman and one large family. Give me reasons to be alive.

[Wórdsmíth]

Can you elaborate it? I didn`t understand what you just said.

[Coyote Poetry]

Just with old age. You get tire. I have reasons to hang around. The family need old dad and grandpa to help and encourage.

[Wórdsmíth]

Ah! Yeah ... well, i`d read one author`s interview and he`d said, he`s still got the same wife he`d 30+ years back. And, when I talked with you, you reminded me `bout that professional writer. And, I always say to my heart, "The love`s still real. There`s only a need to view through the eyes."
...
Having some talk with you seemed spending some time with some peaceful person. Indeed. Would you mind If I take your interview on this cafe`s site `bout your life?

[Coyote Poetry]

If you want. I had a good life. I hope I can do something for peace. So my grandsons won't have fight wars. That is my goal now. Writing for peace and hope.

[Wórdsmíth]

I`ll take your interview next--week. I`ve to prepare questions first & have to read some other "PEACEFUL" writers interviews too who lived very calmly with positive minds... like you. I`ll notify you `bout the timing & so on .. the day before the interview so that you could comfortably manage your time. If you have a day you think you are free on that day, you can tell me.. I`ll look forward to it.

[Coyote Poetry]

Next days off will be Saturday night to Tuesday night. One of the days would be fine.

[Wórdsmíth]

Okay... as I prepare questions and complete studying other portfolios .. i`ll contact you soon. Till I do this.. I`d enjoy reading your stuffs.

So long, my friend.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

Sweet poem. Remembering others will always keep them close at heart, no matter how far they are from each other.

[Coyote Poetry]

Sometime all we have is words. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[misha]

I adored this piece. There is such contentment in the love and seperation you write about. This was beautiful. Great write!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you. Regret become less painful with time.

[alan khan]

Something like this is such a treat. Work this powerful is too rare. The last few lines made it such a bittersweet close. Simple powerful language. A treat as always.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Alan. Old men learn. Any gift of love was a rare and a kind gift.

[wordman]

a beautiful tribute of love and life

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you wordman. I appreciate the comment.

[Kelly Scheppers]

"I love the woman who wanted Paris..."

...and I love a man who can speak to a woman's heart, so eloquently! John, this is the most beautiful poem I've read in some time! Thank you!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Kelly. Some people give us sparks to dream and hope.