Dreaming of Scotland

For a sweet woman. I won't forget.

                       Dreaming of Scotland

She was as pretty as a picture.
Fate had brought her to me at a dark tavern in Germany.
Her raging brown eyes and
auburn hair across gentle and soft shoulders.
Her fragrance of flowers open my senses to her beauty.

Her Scottish accent made me wish to hear her sweet voice.

I was told to be kind to her.
Love was dead to me.
I was infected with rage and hate.

I tried to escape her beautiful face.
Drinking and trying to blind my hunger for happiness.
She found me at the tavern.

She wrapped her arms around me.
Kissed my neck, face and lips.
She whispered "Love is a powerful storm.
Please don't speak and allow us to love."

In the mist of softness and opening new doors to joy and bliss.
Sometime you forget to create a safety net to protect  yourself
 and your sweet love.

A warm Germany summer allow two people to fall into the mercy
of a sweet love. Swim in the gifts young hearts can understand .

Summer was ending.
My Scotland beauty was going home.

She told me of Scotland.
The beauty of the country and the good people.

I told her.
I wanted her forever.
I talked of marriage.

Love took my hand.
She whispered.
"We had a short time to stay together.
I allow you into my heart. Sometime words don't mean a lot.
Love never does died. It only falls  asleep till we can open the
door again."

She went home.
I got lost in the booze and liquor.
Allowed the deserved load of pain to overtake my kindness.

I still went to the small lake.
And I dream of Scotland.

                     Coyote
                     2010

Author's Note

A old story from 1979. If you see mistakes. I appreciate the help.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like the general write but the piece has tense issues which need to be resolved. It jumps from present to past tense and back like a cricket on a hot stove. You should pick one tense and try to stick to it throughout the verse. You should try also to avoid punctuating fragments but add them as coherent parts of sentences within the write. An example is this, "Her raging brown eyes." This is not a sentence but a fragment. Since a period ends a sentence it has no place at the end of a fragment, do you see? It would be better to say, "She had raging brown eyes and auburn hair across..." and make both those fragments one sentence.
The sentiments expressed are lovely but the form and structure of the write need work. "To write is human; to edit divine" Stephen King You have such a beautiful and natural gift for words and expressions and you have exceptional talent as a writer but it does not replace skill at a craft which requires it. Good writing is a craft, make no mistake. Tense and syntax and semantics may seem like boring considerations but they are tools. And if you've ever worked on anything you know that you can't do the job without the right tool. Writing is no different. So...familiarize yourself with the tools of your trade and you can become an expert craftsman and wordsmith easily with your already impressive natural talent for the job. Peace my friend, F.G.

[Calypso]

Very descriptive. I love how well this was written. So beautiful.

[Magdelena]

Heck i don't even know if I read this! If i did, well I am answering again. :):)

What can one say to a writer that is so fantastic and talented that no matter what he brings forth it makes you feel as if you just became alive? For that's whay all do, they make me feel like singing, dancing, and most of all, sighing. For none other has the emotion as you do, it tingles throughout and makes me feel as if I am there through each line.. That, my friend, is great writing!

You amaze me..

Mags xx

[Hello, Goodbye]

love this.. really a nice pleasant read..

[Nothing Personal]

Boy, another tale of missed opportunities, heartbreak, but the longing and the desire seems to remain. A very engaging story told through this poem..Subtle, romantic and detailed. Love it !!

[Alexis]

This poem had some good imagery! I could really get a good picture in my head of what was going on.
"Love is a powerful storm."
I loved that line. This was another great poem! :)

[Maggie]

A few mistakes, but it speaks of old beauty and preciousness lost

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

I am welsh born, but my father is a Scot (a former Highlander Guard). You have a good poem here, a beauty like the Scottish country side that stays in your heart.

[An owl on the moon]

There was such a deep shared love and overwhelming sadness that flowed here... I can't even imagine.. the longing.. the loving.. the thoughts that linger still of one so precious and beautiful. Voiced with a haunting honesty...

[miSS LEaf]

* now you take me to Scotland too... wonderful writing C.P *

[Knackers]

This poem just takes you away to that place.... I feel like I was there watching it all unfold... You are such a good poet