Can cry a tear

Old poetry. When heart was hopeful and strong.

                             











 Can cry a tear



















My heart still can a tear.

A tear of loneliness.
A loneliness of losing you completely.

I could of survive without your kiss.

But never see your beautiful face.
Blessing me with your knowledge and
your love of life.

Is much more difficult to forget.

Days have past since our parting day.
Your memory is tattoo on my heart and mind.

Sometime so heavy.
Even the thought of you can make me feel
weaken. Not to tears anymore.

The tears had faded away on a Winter night long ago when
I left you alone with tears and a final goodbye.

You are always on my mind.
I dreamed you came to my door.
Your beautiful blue eyes looking into my eyes.
I reach for you and I awake.

I cry a tear.
I realized when I left you on the cold Winter day.
It was the last time I could see the life in your eyes.

                          Coyote
                        April 1980

Author's Note

Old poems are funny. Today old Coyote wish he knew what innocent was and wished his life was a open road.

Reviews

[Amber "Victoriomantic" ..]

I wonder if the lady in this poem is she of "The Road", which I have recently read. You speak so fondly of the people in your past, I hope one day that I can be thought of as affectionately as you think of the people you have known. I hope that some day you find a way to share this poem with she about whom it was written. The line "Your memory is tattoo on my heart and mind" is my favourite of this piece. Those who touch us deeply touch us forever, and they all leave their marks.

[?]

Such a moving piece Coyote
And it is so true, memories are like tatoos to the heart.
Beautiful

[Enigma]

That struck a chord in my heart. In simple words, you have condensed, it seems, a lot of intense emotions. And the reader gets to feel that. The picture makes the words and the over whelming sentiments come alive. A beautiful poem.

[Me]

A wistful write about love and yearning for someone, well composed

[Undying Glory]

awesome work, this was so deep and so sad, i really liked this one. so sad and so painful, and so vivid as well.
"You are always on my mind.
I dreamed you came to my door.
Your beautiful blue eyes looking into my eyes.
I reach for you and I awake.

I cry a tear.
I realized when I left you on the cold Winter day.
It was the last time I could see the life in your eyes."
powerful.

"I could of survive without your kiss."
just asking, is the "of" intentional? or were you trying to say "I could not survive without your kiss"?
great writing!!

[paparapapa]

Woah. This poem's actually 31 years old. Proves how poetry's timeless. Anyway, this poem's really sad. The addition of Winter and its coldness added to the feeling. The old you was also good. He conveyed the emotion really well that one can feel its rawness and its honesty. Awesome. :)) Thanks for sharing this!

It's really fun to look back at some of your stuff after years have passed by. They actually make you smile. :)

[Wildfleour]

We lose our innocence, but never the opportunity to hit the open road.

[joshua deathdealer]

The overwhelming emotions in this poem stand out to me. "I reach for you and I awake. I cry a tear." ...beautiful lines. Excellent work. I like the picture. Thanks for sharing another wonderful poem Coyote.

[MS. BABy]

They so really are, you are feeling nostalgic tonight, and you were awesome 20 some odd years ago....bravo