Sins of our father's.

Sins of our father's.

A Poem by Coyote Poetry
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We can learn kindness from living and seeing hate and violence.

"
  Father's eyes and anger
                       
 
  
Is my Father's eyes and anger.
Are they mine now?
 
I told you.
I love you.
I need you.
 
Love should bring calm and peace.
 
Violence.
A hidden demon.
Can strike without thought.
 
Sweet friend.
Kind lover.
Did you see the monster?
 
I tried to lock the demon up.
He tried to escape.
 
I must walk away for a moment.
Deep breathes and counting to ten.
 
My world is falling apart.
Like my Father's world did.
He took the bad road.
Pissed off and violence.
 
I will keep quiet.
Do my best to stay strong.
Ain't easy when your world is falling down around you.
 
We need kind words.
We need a lot of patience.
A lot of love and forgiveness.
 
I will pray to the God of life and death
Give me wisdom and strength.
 
                  Coyote
           7 Feb 1989



 
                        My Father
 
                
When I look into the mirror.
Do I see you my father?
 
Have I become what I despised all my life?
Have my eyes.
Your violence become mine?.
Everyday I learn more loss.
Loss of dreams.
Lost of desires.
 
Will I become like you?
Give up.
Show spirit only when I'm violence or excited?
 
Can I stop my journey to man-hood?
My eyes from hiding tears.
Gentleness.
 
Have I travel too far?
Is the blood too strong?
 
Am I destine to hurt everyone?
I have loved.
 
If I chose my own road.
Why do I follow my father sadness.
 
                        Coyote
                 27 April 1989
 
 

                 Sins of the fathers

My father fought in wars.
Killed in battle that expanded to the real world.

He was a Mexican/Ojibwa man with no place to go.
Hated for his color and race.

He demanded respect and never allow anyone to
look down at him.
His anger and violence controlled his mind and heart.

He told me. "You will get a education and make them respect you.
I won't allow you to live my life."

My father watched me succeed.
He told me often. "Don't allow my sins to become your sins.
I have killed, done bad things. You must overcome the sins of
your father."

Now I have lived a good life. "My father's sins made me go in the right
direction. Sins of our father's need to teach us a better way."

He asks me once. "Remember son. You must pray for me. Children must pray for
their parent to be allow to find peace."

I pray he is with his Soldier brother's in paradise. Drinking to a good day. I believe a kind God forgive the sins of men lost in the turmoil of hate and prejudice.

The sin of our father's must teach us the better road.

                            Coyote
                       5 Jan 2011
 
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© 2011 Coyote Poetry


Author's Note

Coyote Poetry
Thank you reading. Any mistakes please assist. Never too old to learn.
Coyote

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Wow Coyote, this really has me speechless.

I've always had issues with my father but legally I cannot talk about that until my censorship ends in 2014. This really made me sit up and think about so many things.

Thank you ever so much for publishing this, very well written my friend :)

Posted 11 Years Ago


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How emotive can a person be, I can see in this set of poems, Sir. Wonderful work as usual. Thank you very much. :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


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OH WOW. IT'S LIKE YOU ARE LETTING US INTO YOUR DEEPEST MOST PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY. THIS IS BEYOND DEEP.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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you gave evolved and come to terms with your demons. i commend you for that.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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It's funny. We grow saying we will not grow up to be our parents.. weve seen how they are and the hurt that comes from it. The funny part.....we end up doin the same things for differnet reasons and justify them in our own minds until we stop to wonder if they justified thier actions in the same way. Its hard to really understand where and why there coming from until weve lived and learned a little ourselves.
I enjoyed this reading very much. Ive turned out to be the mother i said i would never be.....how do we change it? funny how things turn out.

Clearly i am not alone.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Yes, we can learn from others' mistake. Man's whole life go through a learning process. We can learn from our ancestors. Our ancestors teach us how our life should be. We should avoid their mistakes and we should achieve their good qualities. This is really a nice poem. I liked your thoughts here. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Powerful readings. I enjoyed them and yes I believe in overcoming the sin's of our father/parents for that matter. We should forgive and pray for them for they were mere children once growing up with the sin's of their parents which could have rubbed off on them as well. We should all learn to shake it off and learn from "others" mistakes and to do the best to our ability. Especially for our own children. Thanks for the nice read.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Your poems were so touching. I felt tears in my eyes. It does seem that history keeps repeating itself in generations unless that person stands up and resists and fights with all his might to change the patterns that seemed to be ingrained in us through hereditary genes or customs or the environment in which we were raised in Bravo Coyote for standing strong and changing the generational curses of anger and rage. I know you still feel the traces of anger in you but you had the courage to resist and change the cycle of anger and violence. Your dad was not to be despised, he endured a lot and had to deal with a lot. Now times are somewhat different but yet I am sure he is looking down at his son now from wherever he is with great pride of a job well done by a favorite son. Whatever our parents did we still love them no matter what. they are blood, and we are part of them. The anger is probably what kept your dad going and drove him to make sure he raised yu to be strong. I loved your poems Outstanding and heartfelt!!!!!

Posted 12 Years Ago


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A gripping write, we can certainly learn a lot from our parents mistakes, you've conveyed the fight for individualism very well. annie :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

truly awesome, when I read your work, I become humbled. Excellent work, great piece...

Posted 12 Years Ago


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:) Yes, I do too believe that our father's mistake can stop us from doing the same.
And I also learned that the Lord forgives anyone who asks. For forgiveness. :) Beautiful.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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