Sins of our father's.

We can learn kindness from living and seeing hate and violence.

  Father's eyes and anger
                       
 
  
Is my Father's eyes and anger.
Are they mine now?
 
I told you.
I love you.
I need you.
 
Love should bring calm and peace.
 
Violence.
A hidden demon.
Can strike without thought.
 
Sweet friend.
Kind lover.
Did you see the monster?
 
I tried to lock the demon up.
He tried to escape.
 
I must walk away for a moment.
Deep breathes and counting to ten.
 
My world is falling apart.
Like my Father's world did.
He took the bad road.
Pissed off and violence.
 
I will keep quiet.
Do my best to stay strong.
Ain't easy when your world is falling down around you.
 
We need kind words.
We need a lot of patience.
A lot of love and forgiveness.
 
I will pray to the God of life and death
Give me wisdom and strength.
 
                  Coyote
           7 Feb 1989



 
                        My Father
 
                
When I look into the mirror.
Do I see you my father?
 
Have I become what I despised all my life?
Have my eyes.
Your violence become mine?.
Everyday I learn more loss.
Loss of dreams.
Lost of desires.
 
Will I become like you?
Give up.
Show spirit only when I'm violence or excited?
 
Can I stop my journey to man-hood?
My eyes from hiding tears.
Gentleness.
 
Have I travel too far?
Is the blood too strong?
 
Am I destine to hurt everyone?
I have loved.
 
If I chose my own road.
Why do I follow my father sadness.
 
                        Coyote
                 27 April 1989
 
 

                 Sins of the fathers

My father fought in wars.
Killed in battle that expanded to the real world.

He was a Mexican/Ojibwa man with no place to go.
Hated for his color and race.

He demanded respect and never allow anyone to
look down at him.
His anger and violence controlled his mind and heart.

He told me. "You will get a education and make them respect you.
I won't allow you to live my life."

My father watched me succeed.
He told me often. "Don't allow my sins to become your sins.
I have killed, done bad things. You must overcome the sins of
your father."

Now I have lived a good life. "My father's sins made me go in the right
direction. Sins of our father's need to teach us a better way."

He asks me once. "Remember son. You must pray for me. Children must pray for
their parent to be allow to find peace."

I pray he is with his Soldier brother's in paradise. Drinking to a good day. I believe a kind God forgive the sins of men lost in the turmoil of hate and prejudice.

The sin of our father's must teach us the better road.

                            Coyote
                       5 Jan 2011
 
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Author's Note

Thank you reading. Any mistakes please assist. Never too old to learn.
Coyote

Reviews

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

Wow Coyote, this really has me speechless.

I've always had issues with my father but legally I cannot talk about that until my censorship ends in 2014. This really made me sit up and think about so many things.

Thank you ever so much for publishing this, very well written my friend :)

[Jonathan]

wery, good! bravo!!

[trainwreck]

Fabulous. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for sharing this. No compliants, nothing really to add or say.

[Ed Hart]

yes, for some of us keeping the monster inside is a life work...thanks for sharing this my friend

[Magdelena]

My Lord! Coyote this was absolutely fantastic. I found myself with tears falling as each word fell into my thoughts. The images that came from your words fell into my brain and I treasured each and every one of them. How much I saw of my own father in these. The typos, and what else you feel is wrong, makes no difference, it's what is inside that counts and what i see is something powerful, brilliant and oh so wonderful..
Thank you my friend for sharing these. BRAVO!!!

Mags xxx

[Bette]

i see some typos but it doesn't take away from the read thank you for sharing this look into your life, its so real, i can touch . well done

[Ashley Myers]

Wow thats all i can say. theyre very deep and i can see that you have a deep commitment to not being what your father was. very admirable. i like these

[Alexa Katerina]

This doesn't rhyme however it still sounds smooth and fits in well with each sentence, I like how much feeling and emotion is involved in these peices.

[underwriter]

wow, these poems are so powerful and open, thank you for sharing them! all three are expressed and formed differently, i like that. it brings alot of variety to your writing!

[Marie Harrison]

Your poems really choked me up. I've seen the eyes of anger too, changes your view of life forever. Beautiful poems that touch and change the heart of the reader. Very profound writings! Thanks so much for sharing with us.

[Hollow Man]

Wow, amazing my friend. All I saw was some minor tense issues. I'll send you some edits this weekend. But there aren't many. Amazing writes as always Coyote.

kgs