A wish

A re-write of a very old poem.

A wish

 

Every night before I close my eyes.
I whisper your name to the Pacific ocean and the raising moon.

I make a wish to kiss your lips,
to feel the heat of your body.

I sent you a prayer,
a prayer you have found happiness.

I held you so tightly once,
but I saw the loneliness,
the hunger for the road in your eyes.

My wandering Italian Angel was dying, wishing to stay with me and needing to escape my embrace.  I saw the goodbye before the hello and I knew. Can’t love the wind or a woman, wanting to run.

 

I drove you to the airport,
I watched as you fly away from me,
I whispered I would wait for you.

I knew when you set a wild animal free,
they will never come back.

I drink the tequila now and when the tequila kicked in,
I run down Big Sur beach yelling your name.

 
Beatrice, my Beatrice.
Sweet name to my aching  heart.

I sit by the bay,
after the tequila killed all my senses.

I dream I can see you dancing nude on the beach.
Whispering to me.
” life is to be lived. Don’t wallow in sadness.”

You told me once you love me more than life..
I will never leave you. A sweet love can create a prison and a paradise.

I close my eyes.
I see my beautiful lady wandering the world.

I  make a wish to have your hand in mine,
Us, taking long walks on the Monterey sand. You and I.

I’m waiting for you on the Big Sur beach.
I will make a wish on the first star in the sky.

To be able to look into your eyes.
Tell you, I love you.

COYOTE
1994

Author's Note

Just words.

Reviews

[Doodley]

"I knew when you set a wild animal free, they will never come back...." this line sums up the piece perfectly.....some people are just free spirits and cannot be controlled, so we let them go for their benefit, but against the wishes of our hearts.

I love the streamlined structure and flow of this write, Coyote. It adds further eloquence to the thoughts and feelings behind your words.

Another fine piece of writing, infused with romance and true experience of one with a caring soul.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Doodley. I appreciate the comment my friend.

[Doodley]

Always a pleasure, my friend.

[Cherrie Palmer]

and so now your wild dove lives in your pen for one page could not hold her. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right dear Cherrie. Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[CLR9]

I agree. But how can a dove fit into a pen?

[Cherrie Palmer]

That my dear is the power of the pen

[CLR9]

But it's preposterous. A dove, a healthy one is approximately 83.7 Times the size of your average ink pen

[CLR9]

That's like almost a hundred times bigger. It's bigger than the McDonald's big Mac.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Lol. Well with the right alignment I fit an entire valley into one fine lined bic

[CLR9]

Or just some words that people on writers cafe praise no matter how good they are.

[lightsong]

all Your poems have this deep sincere touch, brush our senses with soft magic, another tale from You to enjoy, to feel and like many times we try to hold our tears, because of the beauty, the truths and reality, Your words always paint with the most poignant way, Your opening lines specially have their own wistful charm.

Thank You, our kindest and caring friend and poet, for sharing this with us, and for all what You gift us.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are very kind my friend. Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Chris Shaw]

This lady must have had a huge impact on you Johnnie. You wrote the original in 1994 and you are still thinking about her now and re-writing your romance. The fact that you are still waiting for her and wishing on a star that you can look into her eyes again to tell her you love her says it all. A touching write. I hope both of you have found happiness although you are apart. Sometimes things aren't meant to be, and that can be painful. Very nicely expressed Johnnie.

[Coyote Poetry]

I'm not waiting no-more. Now, just a sweet memory. Us people, who love to write. Our great loves are never forgotten. We keep their memory alive in our words and in our song. Thank Christine for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Chris Shaw]

Pleased it's now a sweet memory which has become beautiful poetry.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

A wish is not a wish if not upon a falling star..wonderful..🌹

[Coyote Poetry]

Some wishes cannot be, so you wish on the first star of the night. Maybe the star will whisper a love song to a person far away. Thank you dear Kelly for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

And maybe just maybe they will hear that wish from a far away place so near...my pleasure...🌹I wish I may I wish I might meet my soulmate and our hearts unite🌹

[sette]

whew the place, the time, the person romance filled the air and hoping against hope that she will return to the love and to the man.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear friend for reading and the comment. A very old poem. Written in 1992.

[sette]

and still being remembered