"I will love you forever and a day"

Written in 1978. Memories are like a good wine. Better with time.

  " I will love you forever and a day".

        
A serene and tranquil day.

She took my hand and whisper.
"My laughing American.
Life is hard.
Love can be sweet.
Wine gets better with time.
Please come with me.
Let's salvage our emotion and desire."

"Youth will be discarded.
We will be exile to adults.
Who will lose the treasures of the tender touch
and the sweet sensation of true passion."

I asks "When we lose the thrill of the dance?
Emotion and gentleness recede to children dreams.
Will only the debris of youth be left?
Will I forsake your beautiful face and memory?"

Leonard Cohen was playing softly in the small apartment.


By the light of soft burning candles.
Two shadows try to indulge in the gift of love and passion.
Trying to satisfy every sensation and emotion.

The morning light appears.
We languished into the afternoon.
Holding each other tightly.
We knew we held paradise for a moment.
When we left the room.
We would leave  our innocent and youth locks in
a sweet dream.  


We knew we entrenched two lives together.
She handed me a journal.
Told me to write down your passion and sweet dreams
in this book.
In time we will forget to love and be gentle.
Only the story and old memories will bring peace in the end.

The first page she wrote words of love.
I kissed her lips.
Thanks her for the journal.

I read the last line from her sweet words.

"I will love you forever and a day."



                          Coyote
                           1978
                          

Author's Note

My oldest poetry book is 32 years old. This poem came from it. A blue eye lady gave me her heart and told me to write. She told me. Don't reach for dreams. What do we really have?

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'I will love you forever and a day'
Coyote Poetry,
It is encouraging to read this knowing it comes from your youth. To have been writing down thoughts and such from young adulthood is wonderful. I have started writing a little more on a daily basis in a journal. I never had before. Thankful for your lovely story and the sweetness of it's reality for you.
Blessings,
Kathy

[Coyote Poetry]

I am glad you are writing in a journal. These journals become valuable. Allow us to travel to the past and remember. Thank you Kathy for reading and the comment.

[Linear]

In the tapestry of our ongoing lives, sometimes a certain someone leaves a mark,or stain we cannot remove, these become lasting memories, etched into a matrix so complicated we are lost to understand.
It's a truely wonderful work, love flies high

[Jess.]

Very romantic. A nice write about some sweet memories :)

[FallenHeroXx]

F*****g Beatiful i cried...

[SimplyDisastrous]

Beautiful, inspiring, write.

[Laureeann]

This is very sweet, emotional and well written.

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is a wonderfully written emotional piece, you have such a way with putting all of your heart into what you write.
i agree, this is very sweet and romantic.

[Jami Nicole]

This is just one of those poems that makes you go, "Awwww..." It's really cute, I love it.

Love, Jami

[Misty Blue Eyes]

i really liked this...

[Norma M Sutton]

Very nice. It is good you have been able to hold on to your poetry books. I'm afraid most of my old journals have been lost along the way.

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awww so nice.. That is awesome.. Great poem Coyote!