Roses are red and violets are blue.

Listening to old and very good music tonight.

                       Roses are red and violets are blue.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue and
you have left me alone in the darkness of the tavern.

Pretty flowers have turned black.
The whiskey is tasting better.
Your beautiful face is becoming lost in the bliss of Jack Daniels
 and my good friend Jim Beam.

I told the bartender.
I was a lover once.
I was a dreamer once.
Now I'm a drinker.
Trying to find peace in the blindness of alcohol and forgotten dreams.

Rose are red.
Violet are blue.
We bleed red blood when the knife is put in deep
and with a purpose.

Beautiful blue eyes woman walked out of my door.
Told me . "You was dead.
You swim in s**t and believe it will be roses in the morning.
Can't love part way. You must go all the way or walk away."

I'm falling apart.
No-one to pick me up when you can't find the way back.

Whiskey songs are written by fools who wasted love.
Held hate and misery near.

Today I got my cigarettes, dirty ashtrays and strong whiskey.
Ghost of old lovers haunt my dreams and
I'm waiting for no-one.

Roses are red. Violet are blue.
Old tavern is loaded with fools who wasted the good thing.

                    Coyote

Author's Note

Any mistakes. Please assist a old man. Never too old to learn.

Reviews

[Sorry Infamous]

I was drinking red wine last night when I read this and had to come back in the am and reread it since I felt a bit like maybe I was like the lush in the poem...trying to lose lost people in drink.

Some outstanding relatable lines in this poem

"I told the bartender.
I was a lover once.
I was a dreamer once.
Now I'm a drinker."

So sad...

Thanks for sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

I was a single Soldier for 15 years. I like the traveling and the chance to meet people. Good to have drink, new friends and a new city when you are young and time to waste. Now four kids later. Two grand-boys running through the house. I like to look back. But we learn the real value of a life with children and hope. Thank you for the comment.

[Grey]

Very meaningful! Great work!

[quinfinn]

drowning your sorrows in whiskey or crying in your beer to old love songs, it never makes sense when you think about it, even when you are doing it you know how pathetic it is, and yet...there we are, trying to forget pain by causing ourselves more...memories are so important, whether good or bad, and we live vicariously through them when that is all that is left to us. man, this write is so revealing, so relevant and so very gobsmacking in its wisdom and countenanace...Coyote writes life like no other poet here.

[teardrop]

such a meaningful write, like!

[James E. Peterson]

I wrote a piece like this once, same idea, same concept. Yours' seems to be a bit more crude but more touching. Well done chap.

[Mufaro Kudakwashe Josep..]

An amazing write, liked it!

[Stefon Napier]

Best thing about this poem is how the speaker transitions and yet seems so absolute. It makes sense with the Roses are Red, Violets..... I do feel that poem does sacrifice some of its originality in order to do this but it isn't anything to worry about. The title is the only thing that I'm sort of not sold on. I feel like that could be better. Otherwise a strong poem and the kind of writing that I've come to expect from you and enjoy.

[Annabeth]

This poem is all truth. It is amazing,it reminds me of so many things.

[Caradoc]

A stronger, more painful piece that reminds me of songs such as "Neon Moon" and "Whiskey Lullaby". I'd say it's pretty good.

-Caradoc

[Rahul]

Another well penned writing, last two lines're awesome to read
Roses are red. Violet are blue.
Old tavern is loaded with fools who wasted the good thing.
this poem's all about truthness...

[Bobby Madden]

Since it's a "roses are red, violets are blue poem", the words that come after "roses are red, violets are blue" should have 8 syllables, like "roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you." Also, the usage of periods is a little inconsistent. I would either post periods after every line or not use them at all. Be sure to use symbols correctly and necessarily. For example, there's no reason to have a hyphen between "no" and "one." I like the message of the poem though. Keep writing, and cheers.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the good advice. I do appreciate.