Gentle on my mind...

July poetry number thirty-one..

Easy on my mind..

She had heard too many useless words spoken and she needed a friend.

She was a North Dakota gal, tall, long and so beautiful.

She told me on a Friday morning.

I need wild places, the sea and a friend.

I want to see Big Sur, to get drunk in San Francisco and

 I want to dance in Santa Cruz with street musicians.

You are the wild one, Johnnie.

You go everything and you never asked me to go with.

Maybe we can?

I want to do everything, I want to feel everything.

I am willing to pay the payment.

I told her, beautiful Gail.

You are easy on my mind and

you are my wild horses dream, you make me believe.

There is still wild and free people left.

I love talking with you every morning and if you wish.

We can escape this morning to Big Sur this morning.

She laughed and she told me.

You will be Doc Holiday and I will be Kate.

We will test the sea and we will dance in Santa Cruz tonight.

We will drink the whiskey and be wild and be crazy.

She took my hands and she told me.

Johnnie, we must bleed to live and 

tonight death don't want us.

Once he sought the quiet and the sea.

Lately, other soldiers joined into his hell-bound life.

He had adored Gail for one year and

every Monday, he would tell her.

About suiciding the sea, the wild and kind surfers

and free climbing the California fault line.

She smiled and she told me. A promise is a promise.

You promised me everything and I want everything now.

I told her. We will do everything dear Gail.

Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading.

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I love this John
You reminisce of long ago loves with clarity and such feeling like it was yesterday
You name places like they are still on your doorstep though you may be five hundred miles away
Well done 👍 enjoyed
I’d say the loves you knew in your life still recall you too with good memories

[Coyote Poetry]

I had a great time being station in Monterey in 1991-1993. My best days and thank you dear Julie for reading and the comment.

[~Sarah~ Idríel T..]

People we meet, people in our lives- usually it's meant to be. We gather memories like star dust in our hands and sometimes we let them go, back to skies, back to the winds.

Thank you for sharing it.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Sarah and thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Fran Marie]

Gentle on my mind. The title
drew me into this one
I heard the Willie Nelson tune
as I read this lovely poem
Love the. you are
my wild horses dream,
we will test the sea and
drink whiskey and be wild
vivid imagery ..so many good
lines ..well penned

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Fran. I re-joined the Army in 1991. I gave-up my life of work. After the war. The Army gave me California highway one. She made me seek the fun and craziness of life.

[Stella Armour]

A girl who knows what she wants and goes out to get it ... Gentle on your mind so must be right girl for you John ..

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Stella. I liked the strong ladies. Not afraid to challenge life. Thank you for reading and the comment.