Death will bring peace

A old true story.

  Death will bring peace.


A pretty and kind Angel sleeps alone.
She turns from love and accepted solitude.
 In the darkness of lonely nights.
 She wished for more hellos and less goodbyes.
 
Old men sitting in the back of the corner bar.
Sitting with friends drinking shots of whiskey.
 Old timer Joe toast to a woman left alone so long ago.
 
The woman who once held  love as her will to be alive.
 Tells her lovers now.
All I have to give is flesh and bones now.
 Her eyes empty and sad.
 Her hunger now is to feel a man inside her.
 Her last emotion.
 
Liars pay the Devil his due.
The lair of the storytellers and fool's is always filled with more sinners.
 
Old Joe tells me whiskey won't take your sadness away.
Those damn memories come back and leave you empty
and wishing for some kind of peace.
 
He takes my hand.
He whisper I broke a Angel heart.
Left her for dead.
Then my heart died too.

Karma is a fair judge.
Fools who wasted love will die alone and be in hell forever.
 
He smile and slapped my back.
He tells me it is Valentine day.
Go home to your wife.
Buy her flowers and tell her how much you need and love her.
Hell is too damn full already.
 
He takes my whiskey and drinks it.
He turns away.
 
A woman sit on her porch.
She dream she is young and beautiful again.
She wishes on the first star.
Please tell Joe I forgive him and I hope he OK.
 
Old Joe died from too much whiskey.
A few of us show up and say goodbye.
We knew he died of loneliness and a broken heart.

A solace woman sit with tears.
I sit with her.
I told her what Joe told us.
 
He would be waiting in Purgatory for the one's who wasted words and the gift of love.
She kiss my cheek and walks into the street.

I leave the funeral and go to my wife.
Tell her she is my will to be alive.
 My only sweet dream.


 
                                  Coyote
                                  14 Feb 1998

Author's Note

Better to be kind even in a good bye. Any mistakes I would be thankful for the help.

Reviews

[DIVYA]

You paint such a heartbreaking yet realistic picture of life. Every person sees their end in accordance with their deeds and their weaknesses and we are just grateful for moving on with the lessons learnt. But there are those who didn't deserve their fate. At the end, we are just grateful for our own life and those of our loved ones. It was great to read an old poem of your today, dear Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Divya for reading. I appreciate the comment my dear friend.

[Randolf Ramos]

Wisdom that is true, i like the style.

[Jessica Mai]

aww, this is a real touching story and very well written i must add. The lines and phrases you use emphasize this so well. Awesome write.

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

This was beautiful to me,very sad but it is in this sadness that you have delineated such a strong lesson that everyone should keep it in their heart as long as they live....i love the phrases..He takes my hand.
He whisper I broke a Angel heart.
Left her for dead.
Then my heart died too.

Karma is a fair judge.
Fools who wasted love will die alone and be in hell forever.

He smile and slapped my back.
He tells me it is Valentine day.
Go home to your wife.
Buy her flowers and tell her how much you need and love her.
Hell is too damn full already.
karma indeed is a fair judge!!!!

[Nathan Thompson]

Hmm a purgatory for those afraid to love. a very interesting concept let us hope that hell isn't as easy to fall into. Nicely done Coyote

[Dark Angel]

Awww... This is sad.... True but sad...

[The Lone Wolf Prose]

Wow. This is.... indescribable. The raw emotions and just realism of this piece in how this is life just really struck a chord with me. Your works speak of life and gives such a clear description (in not to mean words) snapshots of what we live through, laugh through, cry through, and die through each and every day in our lives. This is absolutely exquisite! Thank you for sharing your lovely poetry-snapshots with us.
~LW

[beautiful disaster]

The saying "better to have loved and lost than to not love at all" is one I live by. Even though love is an emotional roller coaster and you cannot help the ones that you do love, the journey is amazing. Whether you get pain you learn from it whether you find your life partner, love is always learning no matter what. I have learned and loved and this is a very beautiful poem.

[Nianque]

Great job. The imagery is precise and strong. This is the story of humanity.

[Elizabeth]

The woman who once held love as her will to be alive.
Tells her lovers now.
All I have to give is flesh and bones now.
Her eyes empty and sad.
Her hunger now is to feel a man inside her. --Very powerful. A precise image indeed.

Every line in this is a snapshot of how individuals deal with loss, life, and pain. A story of humanity as a whole it would seem, yet represented by two people. Each stanza is filled with so much truth. A truly great piece, you definitely tell stories very well in your poetry. Endearing write :)

[Alicante lullaby]

beautiful coyote and sad...you have a way with words.