A letter

Kind words of love can save a life. In a letter. Sweet words can reopen hope and possibilities.

                          













                       










                                     A letter

Sometime cigarettes, good booze and a pen can give a man a reason to be alive.

When we parachute blind into love.
Even a renegade spirit can be broken.
I tried to hide my misery in good cognac and Germany wine.
I allowed myself to fall into a delusional state where I didn't give a s**t
about anything.

In the belligerent belief of alcohol state.
Foolish men believe they can forget beautiful faces
and destroy good memories.

I wished I could tear apart my mind and heart.
Closing the wounds with the fire of hate.

The paradox of life is fair.
Memories will rebirth and allow the cuts to bleed again.
I can hurt myself with pity and still be left in the waste of things lost
and never to be found again.

I found myself alone on a lonely hill in the field of early Spring wild flowers.
Holding my good cognac  and swimming in insanity and wild thoughts.
I opened a letter from a friend of many years.

She wrote of love. She wrote of how she needed me back home in  Michigan.
She wrote she loved me for many years. She wrote she knew I was coming home soon.
She wanted us to meet.

I put the cognac down. Left the field of wild flowers.
I knew the words were just sweet whispers of dreams and possibilities of love.

I whispered sweet Julie.
"Are the words just more cuts  to a broken heart or a savior to stop a man
from committing self suicide?"

I found peace and hope in her sweet words.
I dreamed  my kind friend was waiting to heal a broken man.
Sweet Julie somehow knew I was lost.

Only new love and hope can heal the pain of a broken heart.
Pain can be released only with tender touches of love and kind words.

I still had my pen and paper to keep me sane.
I wrote.

"Love can lead you to paradise and hell.
We must join the dance to know pleasure and misery."

                               Coyote
                              2012




 




 

Author's Note

Finally a new poem. Any errors. Please assist a old man.

Reviews

[Michael X]

wow, the passion is subtle and electric, this poem holds life lesson as art
when poetry is born of the need to expressed an enlightened creation,
to know the pain of suffering, sorrow then understanding then joy.
brilliantly work, I really like this poem, it's epic in heart and vulnerbility ^_^

[Wicahpi]

How true is that first line (for a woman, too).
Even when I hide away the 'pen', the truth is still the truth.
You have this great gift to share your journeys with us in
the form of raw emotion and passion. I've always liked that.
I feel like I'm right there 'reading the letter' or placed on a stool
right next to you in a club in a far away land. That gift has not
failed with this "letter" either. Fabulous

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I was hooked from the very first fantastic lines!
"Sometime cigarettes, good booze and a pen can give a man a reason to be alive.
When we parachute blind into love.
Even a renegade spirit can be broken." Who wouldn't read on?
This was full of honesty and ragged reality yet ended with hope and an unconquered spirit.

[AK]

Amazing poem! I really liked it! Keep writing!

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"Love can lead you to paradise and hell.
We must join the dance to know pleasure and misery."

Wow, i am amazed, this is so romantic. I loved this part of it.
So beuatiful and heartfelt.

[GunMetal]

I just love this. The passion is true and the words come off the screen like I'm being spoken to. Wonderfully written.

[To be scene To be heard..]

ver passtionit write! one of my favorites

[Pratik]

It's a strong, powerful piece.... frothing in deep emotions very nice indeed :) Felt nice after reading from you after such a long time :)

[Amila Jay]

Indeed 'love can lead to you to paradise and hell'. A pretty amazing poem .. wonderful write :))

[Dawn]

I would say "German wine" other than that a beautiful and moving piece! Thank you for sharing it.

[iamone15]

Love it!