Lovers and losers

When love comes at the wrong time. Someone must lose.

                                   Lovers and losers

She told me. "I will cry for you. I would die for you. I will do anything to make you feel safe and loved. Please stay with me. The lonesome road isn't kind. Stay with me and we will overcome your fear and disappointment."
I whispered sweet Laura. You wasted your tears upon a greedy man. I told you no stories. I never could love you forever. I have a Gypsy soul and wandering heart.

I held her soft body near. I smelled the sweet scent of her perfume. Her tears had turn to silence. I saw the sadness in her eyes. I had no words to steal her pain away.

She asked me to stay till I had to depart for Texas. I whispered to her. "You can't lockup a wild animal. He will slowly die than what will be left?" I kiss her forehead, cheek and lips and told her. "I will stay with you till the end."

I watched her from a distance. More soft tears washed down her tender cheeks. I get up and kiss the salty tears away. I yearned to stay and wished to escape to the highway in the same second.

I was leaving in the morning. I was a Soldier. I went to where I was told. I wanted to sneak away in the morning before she realized I was gone. Laura awoke early and she held me tightly. I saw in her eyes the struggle between hate and love. I didn't want to look into her eyes. I knew when I did. I would tell her I had loved her since the first time I looked in her eyes. I heard her gentle and sweet voice .

I laid in her lap. She caressed my hair and face. She smiled and told me. "I know you would stay this night. I know I must finish college and you must fight your useless wars. I will pray for your safety. I won't wait for you. I know love isn't fair. Distance make the heart yearn for things we do not need.."

I told my kind lover. "Winner and losers in love. Even the beast must rest one day. Freedom is a thousand journeys with a lonely ending. Wise men hold on to the sweet taste of love. "

I left Laura in the early morning. I saw her tears as I rode away. I knew already. People who hold tight to love.
Know joy and peace forever. Beautiful Laura was a lover. She led with her heart. Foolish men leave waste and sadness till they reach a dead-end. A lot of losers in lonely taverns remembering faces and chance you can't return back to.

        Coyote
                                      Written in 1994/Rewritten in 2014

Author's Note

Old poetry with a re-write

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

I left Laura in the early morning. I saw her tears as I rode away. I knew already. People who hold tight to love.
Know joy and peace forever. Beautiful Laura was a lover. She led with her heart. Foolish men leave waste and sadness till they reach a dead-end. A lot of losers in lonely taverns remembering faces and chance you can't return back to.

I think this Laura and I may have a lot in common. Excellent write, John.

[Coyote Poetry]

Good people hold tight to love. Foolish people wait till it is too late. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Stella Armour]

it must be so hard to give your heart when you are a soldier for fear of it being broken if you can never fulfill your promises, and she so young should not be expected to wait for an uncertain future.A lovely write my friend,touching the heartstrings yet bittersweet..

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to keep love alive with too many miles separating. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Stella Armour]

my pleasure....:o)

[Travis Gibson (poetic h..]

Amazing tale, so much to learn from in this piece.

[Coyote Poetry]

I wish I was wiser in youth. Like most people. We learn too late to hold on to the sweet things held in a life.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

That's what makes them all the more important should we ever be lucky to come across them again.

[KAREN]

So tender and romantic. The flow is awesome, and the story is written with so much feeling!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for the comment. Good to be young and fearless once. It is sad we cannot hold on to the good things.

[KAREN]

You are very welcome!

[Coyote Song]

A very compelling story on how life can be. We must make choices and hope not to regret them years later. Bittersweet and sad yet romantic as well.

[Coyote Poetry]

Most of us learn to late. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Coyote Song]

You are very welcome. :)

[Priyankaabhilaashi]

Lovely write-up..!! Always appreciate your words..!!

Keep Sharing..!!

Good Wishes..!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Priyankaabhilaahi for reading and the kind words.

[Priyankaabhilaashi]

:-) Most Welcome!!

[Lyn Anderson]

I love this poem. Your writing is so straightforward and beautiful. Just check the tenses again:)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for the help. I will check the tenses out.

[Rachelle]

……………………...Sadness and bittersweet truth.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Rachelle. Old poetry. When you are a soldier. Hard to create relationships. Old age and old journals bring back the old memories and places.

[Rachelle]

My cousin finished at the top of his class in college and then, suddenly, made a turnaround from a corporate career in the Philippines, to join the US Navy. He is now a paramedic and has served in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. His son has entered the Navy, as well. Hard to keep track of where they go and it worries my uncle so.

[Coyote Poetry]

Today is a hard life for a soldier. Too many dangerous places. I hope they all return safe and sound.