No take-backs my dear friend.

Just words.

                          No take-backs my dear friend.

Young man in the dark tavern told the bar Poet. I broke a woman heart and I spoke cold and heartless words . I should of never said. The bar word-man told him. My friend, no take-backs in a life. Every action or deed done. Written and tattoo on the heart and skin. You could beg for forgiveness and maybe? She would accept you back. Will she forgive you. I don't know?

The man asked. What should I do? Run away or run back to her. The poet remembered. He been a run away man for 36 years and he told him. I escaped from the warmth of love and today. I wished I begged for mercy. Maybe the sweet lady I loved would forgave me? If I could. I would be kind to her forever and a-day. Too late for me my friend.

The young man passed his whiskey to the poet and he thanks him. The old poet watched the man walk away and he looked in the mirror. He whispered a poem.

    "Lovely Jenn

You were pretty wishes,

sweet and warm kisses.

you were egg and bacon breakfast,

You were my blessing I did not keep.

I do remember you."

He drank the whiskey down and he listens to the tavern songs. He wrote on a napkin. If you love something, always be kind and never speak words to create pain. Lovers love, lover's speak softly and they know. Every action and deed will demand payment.

                            Coyote

Author's Note

Just words.

Reviews

[Neville]

absolutely true again Coyote, nothing comes without a payment somehow and sometime due, even that most freely given... I can feel that young mans pain, even in my old bones.. and how I do so love thinking back over those egg and bacon breakfasts, tis what we older folk now do... another lesson and another favourite consigned.... N

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Neville. I miss those eggs and bacon mornings too.

[Neville]

makes me mouth and me eyes water just thinking about them...

[m3lody mae]

oh wow just plain awesome as well as powerful. like this a lot

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dalton. I appreciate the comment.

[peter Duggan]

Nice one Coyote. so true all that we ever do comes without a payment. I think back as I read this to my bad days when I was quite psychologically cruel to all those ones I loved, Thank god The transformation came to me and took away all this nonsense in me. Great poem, my friend I enjoyed the read

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Peter. I appreciate the comment.

[Crowley]

Painful lessons wrought in 24 karat gold writing. You give the best advice, always.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Crowley. I appreciate the comment.