The karma of love

When we are young. We waste the gift of love.

     The Karma of Love
       Written on 5 March 1985 


I remember when the sparkles in your eyes could
light up the world surrounding you.

I remember how I wanted you.

How I twisted my world backward.

Just for a few moments of your touch.

Now my heart is in remorse and dismantle.
Every time I think of you.
How you made every moment so special.
I feel weaken.

Now your smiles are rare.
Your beautiful blue eyes lost their sparkles.
You are living alone in a wasteland of loneliness.
Hiding all your pain.
I taught you.

Maybe your life wasn't so tough.
But your heart was tender.
Easily broken.
And me.
I was just after another conquest.
Another heart to add to my hunger.
Never to be fulfilled.

You won.
After I left you.
Your beautiful face.
The memories of your tears.
Left me empty and dead.

Now I dreams I left you smiling.
Laughing for our love would never
end for you.
You would be my brightest star.
I would be there to hold you when you
were afraid.

I awake alone.
Seeing the damage done to you.
Was done to me.

I called you.
I told you. "I'm sorry.
I would come back.
I miss and love you."

You whispered.
"Thank you.
I'm alright.
It is too late.
I have nothing left to give."

So funny.
I realized I stole all your dreams.

I also lost my dreams the morning I left you
in our warm bed.
To conquer another poor woman.

Leaving you with my heart.




                        Coyote
                   5 March 1985


 
 

Author's Note

A old poem. When we are young. The gifts of love and emotion is wasted. If I could go back in time. I would be a different man. But that is what fool's say when it is too late.

Reviews

[Sid]

Great piece, the transformation from all the love, happiness and the smiles to the this stanza is amazingly done.
"Now your smiles are rare.
Your beautiful blue eyes lost their sparkles.
You are living alone in a wasteland of loneliness.
Hiding all your pain.
I taught you."
this is also my favorite stanza though i like the way it ends on a more hopeful note...great work!!

[SilestaRavenhart]

The first stanza really drew me in and opened my heart up to put me in the writer's shoes. The honesty of the following stanzas complemented that perfectly. Beautiful and sad poem.

[Tate Morgan]

Ah to bew young

[beautiful disaster]

There have been times in which I wonder why we do the dance of love. Every time I put myself out ther after I tell myself that I wont it ends up in the end hurting me. Life sucks in many circumstances adn I just hope to once love again, without such agony.

[honeybee]

this Is soooooo beautiful... Its one of the best poems I have read.. a Very well done on this!!! :)

[Amber V. Black]

Very nice, i agree that when we are young love and emotion is wasted. The poem has a lot of feeling in it and it flows. I think every person can relate to this beacuse you either broke someone's heart or had your own heart broken in life. All in all, i love this poem and think that it is very good

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

its never too late coyote but if we learn from our mistakes that is what is important and will make all the difference in different relationships less we make the same mistakes again. good write I was deeply touched by this poem and share similar sentiments. we can never go back and we need to move forward. keep writing love your poems!!!!

[R. Nella]

More than twenty-five years old, and still as true today as ever. While reading this, what it actually reminded me of was a bunch of songs, with lyrics like "you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" (Big Yellow Taxi), and common phrases like "hindsight is 20:20". Not that any of that distracts from the power and meaning of the poem. This made me think about how I have treated people over the years. I particularly like the following part, which has meaning to me, although the rest of the poem doesn't apply to any of my relationships...

"Now your smiles are rare.
Your beautiful blue eyes lost their sparkles.
You are living alone in a wasteland of loneliness.
Hiding all your pain.
I taught you."

I do wonder if I am 'teaching' bad behaviour with some of the things I do, but that's another issue. Great write, thanks for sharing.

[MagiCrystal]

People should only speak the truth... and nothing else.. love it

[JENY]

nice read…
Very sincere expression of
Your feelings…and sense of loss, guilt…etc..
I liked it….
great work...

[Daniel Gardner]

Unfortunately love tends to go that way some times. At least we know better for the next time around. Nice work though.