I cannot forget you

Just words

                                    

        I cannot forget you

(A old poem written on 18 Feb 1993 with a re-write.)

My sweet and kind friend. Please tell me. We are not done. We were friends first, lovers second. I told you once.

"Love is hard, life is harder.
We need friends more than lovers.
Pleasure and need of the body become a more desperate need.
Lovers hold on tightly and need a strong love to keep the fire alive.
I need a friend and I don't want to lose you to the disappointment of love."

Pretty lady smiled and gentle tears fall. She whispered. Johnnie, can we go back in time? Can we forget the long nights of lover's kiss and embrace? Can we forget the landslide of falling apart? Can we forget how we danced to the midnight moon? Can we forget the need to swim as one into the perfect ending? Is the need of love more needy than the want of friendship?

Sweet lady knows. She is waiting for a miracle. Old friend turned lover. They can't return to the place that is lost. She knows when two become one. Passion and need take-over the need of a friend. She asked him. Can we be lovers and friends?

He brought her closer. He whispered. I can't unlove you and I cannot forget you. Without you in my life. I would be a lonely ship in the vast oceans. I would be dead in heart. Please let's hold on tightly and let's make a midnight wish. Me and you. Always good friends and never far apart. You are my first wish and last wish dear Lover.

                               John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just words

Reviews

[Molly Anna]

This is beautiful. How desperately you need a friend, someone who can lift you up, instead of leaning on you when you so need to be leaning on someone else...if that makes sense. When you are so broken down and it seems like all the love in your heart has been spent. You are very talented, thank you for sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Molly. I appreciate the comment and you are very kind.

[Dimple Nahata Jain]

Your poem is so relatable to many. Each emotion is well expressed. I really loved this poem. Thanks for sharing this amazing write up.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend. I appreciate the comment.

[Lyn Anderson]

Just words, that melt into the heart and sink into the soul. Such sadness, truth, and romanticism in the best of your works. A pleasure to read. A pleasure to feel.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Poet. I appreciate the kind words.

[Einstein Noodle]

friends and lovers ..a high ideal ..the loving easy ...the friendship a bit more challenging .. the need and desire for both saturates this read for me ..i am reminded of the very rough road to finding a true mate and then to stay together through all ones own "stuff" .. so many times projected :( sounds as if this write is pretty close to you ..i hope she has read it :)
E.

[Coyote Poetry]

A very old poem and memory. Good friends when they become lovers. Can't go back. Which is sad. Thank you Einstein for reading and the comment.

[Vatsal Rohilla (account..]

If lovers can be true friends then what else is required? They would be more cooperative, perhaps they'll have a better understanding and their companionship would be deeper and long-lasting- possibly eternal. Great piece of poetry. Keep writing.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Vatsal. I appreciate the comment.

[Anindita Janhabee]

Wow!!! it's just amazing...
I could understand the depth of it. Friendship and love - always spin and turn... Almost everyone gets confused. We can't judge both of these together. Neither one can judge any one of these... I am filled with intense pleasure after reading this... time can't ever return back. But it isn't impossible too. It all depends on is how we choose to maintain our relationship. "Being lovers after being friends is common, being friends after being lovers is unique..."
Anindita : )

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Anindita. Old age, we learn friendship again. Need common ground after long life together

[PhoenixDown]

Very deep. Seeded with knowledge, as well as emotion. One may not be able to return to the past - but this piece does a great job of bringing a past moment & universal/on-going truths into present light. Well done my wise friend.

Phoenix

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Phoenix and you are right.

[PhoenixDown]

You are most welcome Coyote.