Disease

Some sickness is permanent.

 

DISEASE

  Two strangers sat together.
Discussing things that didn't matter.

  The woman looked at the man.
Told him.
"I was once a beauty once.
Men begged for my attention."

 He whispered.
"Beauty is one less burden.
For I can see what you really have become.
You have nothing to hide now.
You became what you truly are."

  He smiled. Kissed her forehead.

Told her.
"Laughter and good drinks were the answer now."

  She smiled and told him..
"You are ugly with hate.
A sad end for a man.
Who held so many dreams."

  He looked into the mirror.

He saw a old and tire man.
Told her.
"Dreams are what the children hold on to."

 " It comes a time.
When you realize.
We are all greedy b******s wanting too much.
Too little."

  She looked away.
He try to explain his disease isn't so special.
"It is many ways to died.
I have chosen my way to finish my journey."


  She asked him to come home with her.
He thanks her for the kind offer.


  Her eyes.
Full of anger.
Would not except his excuse for not desiring her.


  Her voice.
Changed to a softer tone.
Like a Doctor finding a new disease.

  She wondered how any man could not desire her?
She licked her lips.
Told him.
"I could teach you to hunger again?

Make you want to swim in the heat of the warm flesh."


  He gave her a hug.
Whispered into her ear.
"I danced in the turmoil of the flesh so often.
I don't desire to feel the hunger to enter
into the game of the flesh anymore."

  He kissed her lips and her forehead.
His hand felt the softness of red hair.

  Her eyes are shining now.
Still trying to figure a way to break down
the wall of safety.


  She whispered  and brought him closer to her body. Told him.
"I will make you yearn for me.
Men are but fool's wanting for a purpose."

   He smiled.
Told her. "In time we all become the master or the slave.
Looking for someone to pray to or become the servant.
  A screw-up game of give just enough."

  Love has become the most worthless of the four letters words.

She asked him to go home with her again..

He lifted his drink to her.
Told her. "You are still young and may have a chance?
Honey.
Walk away from this bar.
Only the walking dead are waiting for death.
Are here."

  She kissed his face many times.
Young woman with so many scars.
Whispered. "I love you old Poet."

  He watch her walk away.
He does a silence prayer.

  He prayed for her to be Ok.

"Don't end up twisted up and have no place to be.

But the darkness and loneliness of bars and taverns.
                 Coyote
                  1988

Reviews

[Ruth]

It seems sad when that is all that is left for someone....interesting work love...I like it a lot....you make the reader question what life is about....thought provoking in the fact that the reader wonders the circumstances behind it all!
Great work, as always love
xx

[Kevin Horsley]

Fabulous prose, one of my favourites of yours now.
Each time you write it becomes a kind of parable, a glimpse of the world through weary eyes trying to teach something old in a new way and endless way.

Keep it up Coyote.

[tHe]

How talented you are! An easy 100 out of 100! :)

[Star Wolf]

The need to be desired, wanted, loved, to feel important, that our lives are worthwhile and that we are needed. A sad and painful write but a true view into so many lives. You did an awesome job on this tale.

[Poetic Beauty]

You always have wonderful tales in your poems. They may not be happy ones but they are full of wisdom. The last stanza says it all. He doesn't want her to become like him. He wants her to live.

[Lily Mae]

I wonder about her and her story on how she became a slave to those types of thoughts and feelings.. His persistence to keep her safe and at bay is admirable and yet...sad in a sense for both for me.. I love it because it makes you think and feel for both..xx

[Tina Kline]

A very sad and scary tale. Your telling of it pulls the reader in and I felt nothing but sorrow for both of them. Its a future we could be facing. Great job on this write.

[Sam Severn]

This is magnificent, n' beyond beautiful!

[KimLove "The Beautiful ..]

Once upon a time... But you paint quite the picture here, the dance of fools and lonely hearts looking for salvation in all the wrong places. xo

[brenda]

lovely poem and sad poem sometimes i wonder the same thing and pray about this old friend i have long story well done ! it was really good!!:)