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!!

[Wallflower]

If only this lesson could reach the ears of other young men, your hindsight would be of great use. Wonderfully nostalgic to imagine this poem pouring from a young man's pen. Gives me an insight that as a woman I am blind to--and a hope too.

[E. L. Foley]

"Maybe your life wasn't so tough.
But your heart was tender.
Easily broken.
And me."

I love this bit because it says so much about how intensely things can be felt, even in normal lives.
The short sentences blend matter-of-factness in with the heartache, and give the poem a realistic feeling.

[GrownUpTime]

amazing, a few missing comas and little errors but still amazing. you have always been a talented writer.

[c.m.]

This is by far my favorite of yours. I love it, it made me cry. It's very beautiful. Very nice work.

[Mark]

"my heart is in remorse and dismantle" is a perfect line.

[Madana Dookieram]

oh this is so beautiful - some of my poems are about karma too. truly - truly beautiful 1985 was the year I was born in -

[Alicante lullaby]

beautiful and sad...but if one realises a mistake it washes away.ps i'm sure she'll forgive,she had loved you so much.she'll.

[Nayan]

Oh Coyote! This poem is so brimming with wisdom that age brings to a person!

Loved these so true lines:

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

"I realized I stole all your dreams.
I also lost my dreams the morning I left you"

[Jenna]

good job, i really did like this. fantastic imagery, well written poem. i felt myself getting caught up in the story. tells the story in a short amount of lines. very enjoyable

[Allison]

This is good. I totally know wat ur tlking about. This poem really makes me feel strong emotions.