The lines in the sand.

Come a time where we must decide what we truly need.

                    The lines in the sand

Two people had reached the end.
The lines between the truth and a lie had faded to a dead end.
Old meaningful  words became worthless when there is no place to go
for two people but a goodbye.

Sweet words of love now create distaste.
Nights of love laid dead and buried in shallow graves.
Forgotten now are what blended two lives together.
The nights of love and song are just tales of myth dead and gone.

We have become strangers.
We have shared our bed and passion, forgetting to be kind and graceful.
We looked at each other like worn-out shoes. Beaten down and cannot be repaired.
We lost the need to be gentle and kind, like we were never friends or real lovers.

I sit alone with you across from me.
The lines in the sands have been written and I watched you walk away.
I remember when you ran to me and you held me tightly through the cold nights.
I remember your laughter and you dancing nude by the candles lights  to the songs of Leonard Cohen.
I remember our promises.

Now I watch you escape like a wild animal who found a new places to be free and I know.
Love can't be a prison and a paradise. Love is part of the motion of living.
Can make us feel like kings and paupers in the same second.

                                     Coyote
                    Written in 1993/rewritten in 2014

Author's Note

Old poetry with a re-write.

Reviews

[Darkling]

I love a poem that can make me feel, think and odd as it might sound, hurt. There is a raw honesty in the images and the sentiment here, that can be applied to the death of many different forms of relationships. I did want to point out that in the third line from the bottom, you have written "who found a new places" I was wondering if you didn't mean 'a new place' or 'who found new places' aside from that little thing, this had beautiful flow to it with some wonderful messages.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for the help and reading. No separation is easy. Hard to release someone you once needed.

[Vampaslick]

Absolutely beautiful and relatable. It seems that we are all so different at first glance, but in truth, we aren't too different from one another. Many people experience the same problems, configure similar thoughts as a result to those problems, and sense the pain in the same way.
This poem is a wonderful exemplification of true natural substance that we all taste.
Loved the part "We lost the need to be gentle and kind", it's so simple, yet so powerful.
Excellent piece

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you. No separation is easy. Sometimes we have no choice in the matter.

[KlineXcreed]

A brilliant and bitter sweet combination of 26 letters. Thanks for sharing!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Claire in VA]

I'm so glad that you said that old poetry is less painful with time and distance because this pained narrator deserves healing.

I love this poem because it's so well-written, describing the pain so well that it made my heart hurt and my eyes tear.

Fantastic :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Claire. No goodbye is a good one.

[Nativespirit]

so glad you decided it needed to be brought out into the light of the heart again. There are only a few events in life that can bring such joy and pain. You have expressed this so well. Thank you

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. Old poetry is less painful with time and distance.

[Nativespirit]

But just as meaningful

[Lacy Dawn]

A bittersweet poem, well written. I love it! Thanks for sharing! :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Lacy. I appreciate you reading and the comment.

[MsJewel]

Bittersweet and beautiful - your description of a relationship ending. It's those memories we hold on to - the good times that keep our hearts from truly breaking. Your poem is heartfelt and lovely. You have a special gift!

:) Julie

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Julie. Old poetry is easy to rebirth 20 years later.

[Praveeta]

Sad end to the relationship well described. Thanks for sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. Love can leave us alone and disappointed.

[Praveeta]

You are welcome.

[Dhaye]

This is so poignant. Two people who are so closed before are now separated in heart and mind.
Is it destiny or the choice that makes us apart from the special persons in our lives?

Well-penned, CP.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Dhaye. Old poetry is easy to write when we are far away from the pain.