Sweet Peggy

Bad drink and wrong decisions can put us on the wrong road.

   






                    






       Sweet Peggy.


 She is sitting alone in the warm  Florida's evenings.
 
 She is raw, sexy and like a wild cat in the tropics.
 
She is hungry, desperate and passionate.
 
Her dreams are confused, twisted and  never fulfilled.
 
Her dreams got twisted,
goals got lost somewhere.
Her destiny took her to places that left her empty and alone.
 
    Loneliness, desire and  reaching out too late.
    Left her stone cold today.
 
   She is hopeless, afraid and she is dreaming of love lost.
   Leaving her wishing to had held on to a old lover and friend.

   She called me on the phone.
   Asked me to stop by please.
   I stay with her for a moment.
   I left her alone. Hard to find kindness and love.
   When the highway is blocked by disappointment and fear.

Time, age and wisdom is learn with pain and many tests.
 
    Love, forgiveness and sadness is all we have left.
 
                  John Coyote

Author's Note

A old poem. A re-write with better skill. Thank you for assisting my kind friends on this site. Any errors. Please assist a old man. Never too old to learn.

Reviews

[Scandalous]

This is absolutely beautiful. Nothing else to say about it. It was finely written, it was powerful, it creates a sense of longing, of hoping, you mastered this piece very well for it being so short. In just a few passages you managed to bring a tear to my eye. Well done.

~ Scandalous

[Desert Dreamer]

Your poems leave me with messages...I feel as if society has failed us, left all of us with broken dreams and unfullfilled passions. Where can we go to find our broken dreams and lost goals? Are they truly lost forever? I'm afraid you are right, we can only love, forgive, grieve and go on with our lives...I hope she found new dreams.

[PrincessZeldaWannabe]

Really soft but yet hard with kind of a slightly old-fashion western feeling. Nice job!

[Aidz]

Yr not old just as Im not ;)

Oh love it kicks us in the face every time dont it.... thanks for sharing a piece of you

[Stormy Weather]

I love how you always use your own, personal pictures for your writing. Very unique :)
"Time, age and wisdom is learn with pain and many tests." Love that line.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Nice ode. I like the passion in this one, Coyote.

[the in between]

What a sad poem. I agree with the ending "love, forgiveness and sadness is all we have left." Decisions lead us to different destinies, so we create our own in a way along with other outside factors. Was Peggy a real person? Thanks for sharing this poem. I feel like I learned something.

[BabyBluee]

wow I love the way you describe her...such a sad ending tho. nonetheless great write!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Sweet Peggy


She is sitting alone in the warm Florida evenings.

She is raw, sexy and like a wild cat in the tropics.

She is hungry, desperate and passionate.

Her dreams are confused, twisted and never fulfilled.

Her dreams got twisted,
goals got lost somewhere.
Her destiny took her to places that left her empty and alone.

Loneliness, desire and reaching out too late
Left her stone cold today.

She is hopeless, afraid and dreaming of love lost.
Leaving her wishing to have held on to an old lover and friend.

She called me on the phone.
Asked me to stop by please.
I stay with her for a moment.
I left her alone. Hard to find kindness and love.
When the highway is blocked by disappointment and fear.

Time and age; wisdom is learned with pain and many tests.

Love, forgiveness and sadness is all we have left.

I made a few changes to the structure here that I think strengthens and clarifies the overall write. Use them if you like or discard them if you choose. I enjoyed the read as always. Your words are always a pleasure, respectfully, F.

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Reminds me of a few people. Sometimes you just cant help people no matter how much you try. Nicely done, great write!