Sweet Peggy

Bad drink and wrong decisions can put us on the wrong road.

   






                    






       Sweet Peggy.


 She is sitting alone in the warm  Florida's evenings.
 
 She is raw, sexy and like a wild cat in the tropics.
 
She is hungry, desperate and passionate.
 
Her dreams are confused, twisted and  never fulfilled.
 
Her dreams got twisted,
goals got lost somewhere.
Her destiny took her to places that left her empty and alone.
 
    Loneliness, desire and  reaching out too late.
    Left her stone cold today.
 
   She is hopeless, afraid and she is dreaming of love lost.
   Leaving her wishing to had held on to a old lover and friend.

   She called me on the phone.
   Asked me to stop by please.
   I stay with her for a moment.
   I left her alone. Hard to find kindness and love.
   When the highway is blocked by disappointment and fear.

Time, age and wisdom is learn with pain and many tests.
 
    Love, forgiveness and sadness is all we have left.
 
                  John Coyote

Author's Note

A old poem. A re-write with better skill. Thank you for assisting my kind friends on this site. Any errors. Please assist a old man. Never too old to learn.

Reviews

[Scandalous]

This is absolutely beautiful. Nothing else to say about it. It was finely written, it was powerful, it creates a sense of longing, of hoping, you mastered this piece very well for it being so short. In just a few passages you managed to bring a tear to my eye. Well done.

~ Scandalous

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

Time, age,wisdom learned with pain and many tests
Love,forgiveness and sadness is all we have left.....
great ending to a heartfelt poem
again.... the power of friendship is great
but sometimes leaves us feeling helpless in helping one
that we cannot help
just being there for them is all they need
to know someone cares

knowing we can't change the problems they have
we can only ease their pain sometimes

[Lily Mae]

This kind of story always pains my heart.. so destined to be together it seems only to break away at the seams.. You have left me in thought of those who have come and gone from my own life...xx Thank you for sharing...x

[Judy Ponceby]

Sad memories, thinking of those who reach out and we are unable or unwilling to fulfill their obvious needs. Well written and expressed Coyote. Always appreciate the wisdom in your writing.

[Christina May Shanaberg]

Your poetry here has said that you have learned enough. It's sad the people whom creep into our lives, which we can't help, they are living on another shelf. I, often, wish to help everyone, but everyone is not free to be helped. An excellent poem!

[Chris Taylor]

Such a tragedy when someone we love can't stop making wrong choices that lead them to their own destruction. You could really feel that point in the underlining message of you work here. I instantly fell in love with the line: " I left her alone. Hard to find kindness and love. When the highway is blocked by disappointment and fear." That encapsulates the entire poem for me. Good work
Can't wait to read more from you.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

Heartbreaking work.
This shook my very core.

[Blessed_Angel]

good job keep up the good work. I want to see more form you :) this was an excellent writing.

[Sweets]

Beautiful beautiful poem!! :)
We all need love, and friendship to hold us straight and lead us to our right path :)
Wonderful work! :)
and I love how you keep your poems safe!

[Shep]

such grace and and power as the words grip the heart. nicely done.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

"Time, age and wisdom is learn with pain and many tests.

Love, forgiveness and sadness is all we have left."

Such wise lines in this sad but wonderful write!