Bittersweet goodbye

Goodbyes are necessary. Need closure to all things.

    Bittersweet closure


"I walk up to her house.
I celebrated one year with this young woman.
In the comfort of her small apartment.
We learned passion and hate."


An angelic face answered the door.
She asked me. Why did I come?
She fell into my arms.


I was leaving the Army.
Three years in the beauty and elegance
of Germany was coming to the end.


I came for closure.
My beautiful Daniela took me to
heaven and hell.


We entwined two lives for a year.
Her beauty enchanted my heart.
We reached the pinnacle of passion.
A million sweet kisses and thousand
words of love.


Now she is crying.
Her new love is dead.
I whisper I didn't want anyone to die.


I go to the Army P.X.
I bring her favorite rum to her.
I Play her Leonard Cohen music.
I allow her to hold on to me.


Silence is necessary.
Sometimes words don't mean much.
They only swim in sadness.
Allow pain to do the fatal mercy
of killing off the last of your hope and joy.


A young woman broke my heart.
The elixir of sweet love has turned bittersweet.


Now forgiveness and kindness are all
we have left.


Sweet and beautiful Daniela
Asked did I come to save her?


I whispered I came to say goodbye the right way.
To tell her thank you.


Her blue eyes looked into mine.
Asking for what?
I condemn you to grief and damnation.


I kissed her forehead.
I told her.


The only offense would be if we don't try to love.
Breathtaking kisses;
the warmth of two bodies becoming one for a time;
nights of love and passion


Will always bring a smile.
When the body and mind are old.
Those stories won't ever leave the heart and dreams.


I sit and baby sit Daniela for three days.


I leave her with no words of love.


Just a bittersweet goodbye."


                      Coyote
                    July 1982 

Author's Note

The gift of love is a precious gift. The person who waste love will taste loneliness.

Reviews

[Morning Star]

Bittersweet goodbyes tent to leave invisible wounds in the heart
Yet it is better to have love and lost than not to have
Tasted the sweetness of the embrace of love
feel your heart beat as loud as the drums
Love is a gift that keeps on giving if we are lucky enough to receive that gift
We must guarded with our heart
Your words captured such a beautiful flow
Powerful Message within !!!

[DamienHino]

Amazing! Fluent poem throughout it was a pleasure reading this. Fave lines:
"Silence is necessary.
Sometimes words don't mean much."

"The only offense would be if we don't try to love.
Breathtaking kisses;
the warmth of two bodies becoming one for a time;
nights of love and passion"

Beautiful statements

[Sonali]

you really pour out your feelings n tell rapt stories through poems.great
bittersweet experiences caught in words.

[Marie Harrison]

What a story poem. I enjoyed this write. I really love the Author's note "The person who waste love will taste loneliness." This brings me comfort. Wonderful poem.

[.]

wish everyone had the heart to end a relationship with such dignity..most use text or facebook..cowards..love is not a possession and cannot be own, bought or sold..beautiful and touching..

[melissa]

wow this was beautiful but very sad. love can be great love can be painful at times…

[Blue tailed kite]

A very sad but deep poem... goodbyes are always painful.. an excellent poem

[JENY]

very nice poem….
Your lines aroused some hidden passionate memories about my love too…
A powerful poem….

[?]

Love is the greatest gift of all.

This is a great and sad story Coyote, and like others my favorite would be:
Silence is necessary.
Sometimes words don't mean much.
They only swim in sadness.
Allow pain to do the fatal mercy
of killing off the last of your hope and joy

[A.Lee]

"Sweet and beautiful Daniela
Asked did I come to save her?

I whispered I came to say goodbye the right way.
To tell her thank you."

A very sad poem, but still very deep. Your poems always leave you with a lot to think about. Nice job.

[Black Cat Fever]

A complex love poem. It's filled with compassion, love, pain, loss and a whole lot more but told with compassion I think. And I think love is the most important gift of all, too often it is wasted or just thrown away.