Dear Clinton Michigan

A rewrite

Dear Clinton Michigan

You told me often.
Love wasn’t enough.
The heart become far away and  hidden with time and age.

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California isn’t enough

I called you my beautiful Jenny and I told you.
California coastline is so beautiful.
The Monterey sea will steal your heart and mind.
I sat near the dancing waves with the clear sky, filled with the stars.
I whispered to the sea and the stars. Sweet Jenny.
Come to Monterey and be my love.
Make California our last stand to know love.

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Last stand

First kiss, last kiss and my last wish. You are.
First face remembered, last face remembered.

My hand need to caress your tender and soft skin.

My lips need to kiss you and have you near in the darkness of the lonely and cold night.
You were my love and you were my hell.
Today I would stand the pain and misery of losing you.
If I could see your face and hold you near.

                   John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just words

Reviews

[duff]

So i'm reading your writing which I'm enjoying very much but this title caught my attention because I have family from Clinton.

Provoked by the muse. I like this. So our heart will travel not knowing where it takes us.

"First kiss, last kiss and my last wish"
That line really stood out for me. A pleasure to read and great job.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Duff. I appreciate the comment.

[duff]

You're very welcome.

[Scribbles]

So the authors note read "just words" well he's definitely a sly Because he very much nailed it

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the kind word. I do appreciate.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

It made me think about Flint instead for some odd reason,
Your ending is poignant and nice to read because it conveys the retrospect.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Josie. Life is like the old country song. Sometime we are better off elsewhere then what we want.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

As you do, you capture the mixture of sad and happy and life with all of its perspectives in this sombre acquiescence to the love of a woman Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you John. I appreciate the comment.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Ahhhh.....the words we write about our muses - do they ever run out? (I mean, the words....;) )

Great writing, John. I feel like taking a stroll down memory lane now, seeing if I can wake up a muse or two......

[Coyote Poetry]

We do need our muses and thank you my friend for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Lydia Shutter]

"You were my love and you were my hell" isn't it amazing how a person can mean both ends of the spectrum to us? You have spoken of Jenny in other poems and always with gentleness. Beautiful imagery and emotions, John. Lydi**

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Lydia. I appreciate the comment. Jenny. One of my muses.

[angelina neves]

beautiful! very romantic!
many times I also sit "near the dancing waves with the clear sky, filled with the stars.
I whispered to the sea and the stars. "

[Coyote Poetry]

The star and moon may listen. Most people won't. Thank you Angelina for reading and the comment.

[angelina neves]

May be the thoughts have to go all the way to the stars and come back so it can be listen by others!

[Paul Bell]

The good ones you never get back.
They set themselves free to roam, leaving only memories.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right Paul. I appreciate the comment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

how incredibly romantic...a magic film (movie) film noir...in a poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Jacob. I appreciate the comment.