Run with the wind. Dance with the sea.

When life make us sad. Need to find reason and purpose.

                     Run with the wind. Dance with the sea.

One year in paradise.
We fell from  heaven.
Nights of love and passion overtaken
by silence and a goodbye.

I climbed to the highest mountain I could find.
Took me hours to go to the Olympic mountains
in Washington State.
I found a unmarked path.
I tried to touch the sky.

I went to the ridge of the mountain.
I watched the hawks.
I sat and prayed for some kind of peace.
The hawks sat close.
Keeping me company.

I was dead in heart.
My spirit saw no peace or calm.
A gentle rain came down.
The forest somehow overtook my eyes.
I was swimming in nature beauty.
I thanks the great Spirit for this day. 
I took the long walk back to my truck.
Thinking of the gifts of nature all around me.

I realized how small I was.

I held my suicide board tightly.
The rope  connect to my wrist.
Held the board close even if I lost it.

Me and my good friend Padget went into the Winter
storms of the oceans without fear.
Took 45 minute to find the strongest point of the waves.
I was tossed in all directions by the powerful sea.
Some were 200 feet in height.
I felt one with the water.
She could take me away.
Or allow me to dance with her.

Many people would watch us daily.
They would come to us.
Ask us did we fear the ocean or were we crazy?
I would tell them.
"Take no chances.
Know no pleasure or won't  know the feel of testing life and death."
 
I met the woman again.
She came to me.
She asks me to come back.
She told me "I missed you.
I'm sorry for being loco sometime."

I smiled.
I remembered crying in my beer.
Being lost and confused.
I look at the Seaside ocean.

I remember the breeze of the mountain air.
The hawk sitting across from me.
"Whispering know the real joy of life.
Leave the s**t behind.
Run with the wind."

I watched the ocean dance.
She was calling me.
I wished to go to her.
Dance with the waves and be free.

I reached over and kissed my old love.
I told her " thank you."
I told her "I found a true love."

"I will run with wind.
I will dance with sea.
I will be free and strong."

                         Coyote
                       13 Nov 2010

Author's Note

First new poem in a long time. Please assist with mistakes.

Reviews

[Dane Osborne]

Powerful and deceptively entrancing. Humanity as it is in the poigant moments where we seem to find oneness. The flow and the approach was simple but yet read as a whole it has a flow and musicality to it that helps the reader connect with what you are expressing. An impressive peice 100/100

[Dev]

"I will run with wind.
I will dance with sea.
I will be free and strong."

The meaning behind this write is well meaning and the feelings are really strong. Makes you want to be a part of the action esp. in the last three lines.
Very well written.

[KAREN]

I love the way you describe the beauty of nature!

[Bubo]

Such a stunning re-telling of trying to find ones self, and how you find strength in all around you, the beauty of mountains and seas, and to be able to let go of hurt and a woman who hurt you, to be a free spirit........fantastic writing.

[ORBLE]

This is such a beautiful piece of work, not only the way it flowed throughout but also the brilliant imagery you created, I could almost picture the entire sea. I especially loved the line "Dance with the waves and be free," I think you've really demonstrated how small human beings are against the mighty nature, and the beauty of it. Breath-taking work!

Ella

[Anthony M Smith Jr]

Chance and choice. Very good poem and seemed rite to me. Life andf Light!
TT-TTO-NI-K
Elk

[Art Sun]

Life...there are so many versions of our own that when we truly view into them ...we find what truly makes us happy...

nice work...

[Desert Dreamer]

To touch the sky, to swim in the beauty of nature, this is life, the reason to live...beautiful, meaningful.

[Star Wolf]

This poem/story really pulled me in, captivating story of sadness and love and life in in between. Awesome, really!

[Sheila Kline]

You certainly have not lost your amazing ability to captivate your reader with your story poems!...(first new poem in a long time).....I was immersed in the events and pulse of emotions from the first line to the last!
The end lines are awesome - BRAVO!
There are a few minor grammar issues, but they seem non-existent as you tell such a powerful tale of human grit! I am captivated by the way you write as it is helps me identify with your Indian culture. Don't change a thing!!

[Cafe Reader]

Beautiful writing, amazing expressions!~