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!!

[StacyPerry]

That was a very well written poem. The story holds true for a lot of people within this world....I just might be one of them....you never know.

[deeps]

This is a powerful read here, strong emotion.
Kind of sad in the end. Goodbyes are always hard.
This is a wonderful and amazing write.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Interesting thoughts about regreat...We all have some but we have to repent, ask forgiveness of God and the person wronged, and then change from the experience...Good topic, good write..Keep the creative pen flowing...Sunflower

[Haifa]

This poem is very full of love feelings, it is very romantic poem. I loved your poem alot. But its also had made me feel sad because there is a part of your poem is about broken heart, there was a goodbye at the end. Beautiful and deep poem. Well done, always.

[HorrorMaster]

very nice poem of love.

[carmz]

love, love, love,..few are so happy to have an excellent love affair yet there are many whose relationship fails......yeah your rigth about those fools' saying "its too late..."

nice poem

carmz here..

[Scandalous]

This poem is so beautiful, I wanted to cry, it touched the very depths of my heart. It is filled with passion beyond anything I have ever read or written. One of my favorite pieces. Wonderous write!

[Gandré]

you have a knack for smoothly combining facts from your life with fiction, which is giving your work a realistic veneer, I think this might have been from your time in Germany? I appreciated the nostalgic feeling I had when reading this poem, I liked the lines " I realized I stole all your dreams." and "Laughing for our love would never
end for you." It is good that you remember back and realized that you in way hurt her. I think women always expect a relationship when they are intimate, even when they don't say so. Nice poem.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Sure is heartbreaking.. the pasture always looks greener on the other side they say.. but you have proven that old adage to be false.
The writing is exquisite .. the love lost... lol I just scrolled and see someone also said that about the grass..anyway, your poem is sad and lovely.

Chloe

[Star Wolf]

Some words of wisdom here but it seems who listens to words of wisdom? Everyone goes out and does the exact same things the last generation did and think older people have no idea of what they are going through.