Mend and alter

Life is hard. Needs time to heal and to be reborn again.

                         Mend and alter
Life is simple my friends.
There is consequences for every action and deed done.

Mundane voices from the past.
They whisper prayers for the living.

Love killed by words.
Can't be brought back to life.

Better to retreat to silence.
Rage lead to arrogant places and situation.

Bless be the man who hold love over hate.
Better to be the vessel of forgiveness and kindness
than live in a life of the bondage of hate.

Regret leave a vessel of someone seeking fragments of things lost.
No mercy for the cold in heart.
Betrayal of love and friendship leave you to dead-end places.

Grandmother told me when I was young.
Need to mend and alter.
Life is hard.

Better to be like a willow tree that flowed with the wind
Than a mountain that stand alone.

                                 Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading. Just thoughts. Any mistakes. Please assist a old man.

Reviews

[Pax]

Life is simple
Life is hard
that's what makes life in a balance...

~ that's just how it is...but sometimes there is too much hate in this world that people forgot to forgive and accept many facts of life...

Love killed by words.
Can't be brought back to life.

~ a powerful statement my friend... it speak so profoundly and direct... out tongue and mind can say & create many deadly things that kills, mock, or even poison our thoughts... but with a compassionate heart you'll always be on the right direction... to create many beautiful things and memories...

great work my friend...

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Pax for reading and the comment. Better to hold silence than to create separation.

[Sheila Kline]

Wise words my friend!! We must mend and alter as we can because the time may come when it is not possible. We are responsible for our words, our actions, our plans, our decisions, - well, all of it! We may not realize how we may hurt another by speaking, or doing that which we regret later! Your grandmother was indeed a very wise woman who has helped a very wise grandson become a wonderful man!!

[Coyote Poetry]

She was a great lady. I hear her words in my mind and thoughts. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Mia]

Love killed by words...whoa! I won't ever forget that and maybe (hopefully) I'll be better for it!
If you insist in calling yourself an old man at least warn people how wise you are!
Not thank me for reading but thank you for writing and sharing this incredible poem!!!!!!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Mia for reading and the comment. Better to be seek help with a hopeful request. We must learn something each day.

[Lydia Shutter]

Your grandmother was a wise woman! Life is hard, but compromise makes it easier. Those who are unwilling to bend with the wind, will be broken by it. Indeed, love can be killed by words. Once spoken, they can never be taken back. It is said "Keep your words sweet in case you have to eat them" and this comes to mind. Great images in this poem....and wise advice. Lydi**

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Lydia for reading and the comment. Words can create separation we do not desire.

[Laminators Dubai]

Love killed by words.
amezing...
geart thoughts life is hard after all...
thank you so much for sharing the words that wash up the heart and mind...

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. A wise person thinks before he speak.

[Laminators Dubai]

and what about the wise person who write?
sorry for questioning...its my mind not me...