Where the wild roses grow

Two short poems.

 



                       Where the wild roses grow


-                                   I have known


I have danced with the sea.
I have stood on the great mountains surrounded by the free clouds.
I have found the devil and I have found God.
I thought I was someone and I learn.
We are just like the dandelions.
Born to live for a moment and find  soliste in the kind wind.
I have known love and I have known hate.
I did learn. Any gift of love is special and wonderful.
We are just here for a second.
Love, dance, sing and celebrate the new day.
We decide our life.
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                                     Agony of her

Sweet Jennifer stole my thoughts.
I was the dead-man walking.
Her long legs and her blue eyes made me wish for unknown territory and journey.
She made me wish for the wild sea and the long sweet kiss.
She made me wish for sleepless nights and holding her soft body near till the dawn hour.
She was a auburn hair beauty with blue eyes demanding everything without concern for the payment.
I knew the agony of her.
She would steal what she needed from me. Make me feel like a king and leave be bare and alone.
I knew the wild roses, so damn beautiful and so hard to hold.
Best be left alone and free.
Me and Jennifer danced by the sea and I told the moon and the stars.
I will accept the payment for my muse, my siren.

                           John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just words

Reviews

[Enknt]

I really love the first poem. The poem opened my mind to which it wished to share.
"I thought I was someone and I learn.
We are just like the dandelions.
Born to live for a moment and find soliste in the kind wind."
Those lines are my favorite. The words describe so much!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Paul Bell]

Doesn't the devil always taste so good. Who cares about redemption when Jennifer walks on water.
As you say. We're only here for a short time.
Another song in your write.

[Coyote Poetry]

Yes the devil can. Thank you Paul for reading and the comment.

[Jobira]

Beautiful poem.
Yes, we just like the "dandelions" with grace and beauty that fades away in time, yet live warmth and interesting and wonderous lives.
Your poems have nice ways to show life's pain and beauty.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Jobira. I appreciate the comment.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Loved this beautiful I love reading yours

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Julie. I appreciate your kind words.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the idea of wishing for sleepless nights...

also the whole idea of opposites although many will not admit it...they like to say they have found God...but on the other side of the mirror...the devil is there as well...we have to know bad to know good...we have to know chaos to know peace...we have to know hate to know love...

rich poem here, Coyote...honesty...

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right Jacob. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Corset]

you always say "just words" but they feel they are so much more than that.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Corset. You are very kind.

[Carol Phelan Aebby]

This write caused me to ponder on love and Love. One is a bitter sweet lesson and the other is paradise.To let go takes courage and to walk away takes wisdom for Love cannot be found until one has found one's own true life path and purpose.

Wishing you an abundance of wondrous creativity!

With respect and smiles,

Carol Phelan Aebby

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Carol for reading and the comment. If we don't attempt love, don't swim in the sea or free-climb the free mountains. We will always wish we did. We will regret what we didn't do more than what we did.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

The first expresses your wonderful culture Coyote as you remind us of the Earth and our place in it, 'We are just like the dandelions'. The second is you. You who has lived through trauma, and hard times but who has held true to loving and giving.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you John for reading and the comment. We must hold on to hope.

[wordman]

beautiful words john,passion and the meaning of life in a sorts,,just a moment in time

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend. I do appreciate the comment.

[wordman]

always a pleasure

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Pain is sweet solace as retribution gladly suffered in order to savor sweetest memories of one you love ...

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right my friend. I appreciate the comment Marvin.