What is true and what is not?

A sad poem. A friend died. Needed words to keep his face alive.

                             What is true and what is not

I told my dear sister. Somethings we will not understand.
You can't live for the dead. You must live for the living.

Men will fall. Lose themselves. Many reason for failure and sadness.
After you cross a path. Hard to return to the hope of youth and sweet dreams.

Easy to play Russian roulette with life. Woman, booze and drugs.
Many ways to reach a dead-end.

A friend had left. Left us with no words. Just words spoken and life lived.
He would tell us. I'm okay brother. I found my peace. I finish my journey.
I'm with God now.

Today children are with us. We must go on. Dear Scott would say. His honest and direct nature.

You can't live for the dead. You must live for the living.

I pray for peace and calm for a man who knew little. I hope and pray he found peace.

                             Coyote/John Castellenas

Author's Note

Thank you for reading. I do appreciate.

Reviews

[Irenic]

a poem in which sadness and how much you are heart broken on your friend's death could be felt. that first line of the poem i.e

You can't live for the dead. You must live for the living.
it makes me feel that how much we to live with memories of died friend in the end we have to come back in this rapidly running-towards-ease world. Otherwise defeat will stand beside us.

I like those lines too :

Easy to play Russian roulette with life. Woman, booze and drugs.
Many ways to reach a dead-end.

you are expert in writing emotions. i like it.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Irenic. I appreciate the kind words.

[Olumegbon]

May his soul rest in peace... Nice write up.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you. Some people live the hard way and die alone. It is sad.

[Gee]

Sorry for your loss.So hard for those left behind to come to terms with suicide as more often than not it comes completely out of the blue,no warnings,no time to prepare themselves for the bereavement.Another fine poem

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Gee. Dear Sister asked me to write her a poem. He was a good man.

[Gee]

You're welcome

[MsJewel]

People choose the way they want to live and many times know it is "russian roulette" and yet this is their way. I'm so sorry for your loss John. I believe he is in a better place. I hope knowing he is at peace brings you peace as well.

:) Julie

[Coyote Poetry]

He was my sister ex-husband. She took it bad. He struggled with life. I hope he found a better place. Thank you Julie for reading and the comment.

[MsJewel]

My pleasure

[Judas Hammer]

Reminded me of Kerouac. Very good. It's like what one of the Beats would write. This is the stuff I really like.

[Coyote Poetry]

I have the Kerouac book above me. I wished I traveled more. Good to know the road and find new place to be part of. Thank you for reading my poem. I wrote it for my sister. Her ex-husband died of overdose of drugs.

[Judas Hammer]

Very Heart felt piece. Jack wrote a book about his brother who also dies at a young age. I like this work

[Coyote Poetry]

I need to re-read the book. Lately I been reading Jack London "When God laugh", Dryden and Ben Jonson. I got into the ancient writers.

[Judas Hammer]

I might try one of those. I heard good things about Denis Johnson. I try to find his stuff when i can

[Coyote Poetry]

Right now I'm trying to find the books of Odd Jansen. He saved a lot of people in WW2. Written in the language of Norway. I was told. Published in English this year.

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

I'm sorry your loss, I know how difficult it is to lose someone you know and love. Great piece.

Kaze~

[Coyote Poetry]

He was a friend. It is sad when someone died too young. Leave the world with questions that cannot be answered. Thank you Kaze for reading and the comment.

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

Your very welcome.

[Isabella Disney]

I like this. my favourite line is
"Easy to play Russian roulette with life. Woman, booze and drugs."

its so true! many males live majority of their life floating along playing with many different forms of fire.
this poem is a life lesson, wisdom I shall carry and pass on.
thank you.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Isabella for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Matching Socks]

Very sorry to hear of your friend's passing John.
You've honoured his memory in a special way.
Life is for the living... Wise words.

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to learn. In the end we do. Thank you Ana for reading and the comment.

[Arthur Martel]

Waw this story really makes you feel something! And not just something, a lot of something! Death has always gripped me and made me cry, no matter who has died, and no matter how I try I shall cry and cry and cry. Thank you for the excellent poetry, to quote a certain someone ;)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Martin. I appreciate the comment.

[The Black Warrior]

This is very sad...full of truth!!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Death is never a happy time. Especially a surprise death. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[The Black Warrior]

You are very welcome "D