Some mercy now

Good song and some words.

                             Some mercy now

Just a man,

he had worked and he had worked.

Yesterday man,

sat by the Clinton river,

He loved the sun on his face.

He prayed to the falling sun,

old world need some mercy now.

Please lord of life and death,

caress my world with the mercy of forgiveness.

Hate is a heavy burden,

regret can be a heavy load to carry and kill our hope.

Please allow the hearts filled with sadness,

to find the path to new places and new happiness.

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                   I love you more

The old man watched his grandchildren play,

they run and run,

they laugh and sing.

He remember his dear grandmother.

A Ojibwa woman with a heart of gold.

She told him,

Johnnie, be like the wolves and run free,

never allow the walls to become a prison,

forgive the sinners, don't hold on to old hate.

Love your children, teach them,

the world is the forest, the sea and the mighty mountains.

Teach them to be kind.

My grandchild come to me and he told me.

I love you Grandpa.

I kissed his forehead and I told him.

I love you more.

                         Dancing Coyote

Author's Note

Some words.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

for so many years of our lives we are told to be seen and not heard...only speak when spoken to, and we feel when we do speak what we say is taken with a grain of salt....or just discounted completely...
but finally as we age...and age and age...finally they look up to us...feel maybe we know something worth absorbing...the wisdom of age.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

We do learn Jacob and maybe someone may listen. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[DIVYA]

Beautifully written dear Coyote...all the wisdom of the ages I read in these lines. My favorite line in this great poem being, " be like the wolves and run free,
never allow the walls to become a prison"

And to be loved so purely is the ultimate joy in life. Perhaps the only achievement worth counting.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Divya. I wish we could stop our world. Begin a-new. Stop the madness.

[DIVYA]

Of course dear Coyote. If only we could begin anew, with better understanding and greater compassion for all. You’re most welcome. It’s my pleasure.

[R.E. Ray]

Wise words and messages in poetic form, Coyote. It’s sad it often takes so many years to gain and embrace such wisdom. Thank you for sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.