“I love you forever and a day.”
“I will love you forever and a day”
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
Written in 1978. Memories are like a good wine. Become better with time.
She took my hand and whispered.
“My laughing American.
Life is hard.
Love can be sweet.
Wine gets better with time.
Please come with me.
Let’s salvage our emotion and want.”
“Youth will be discarded.
We will be exile to adults.
Who will lose the treasures of the tender touch
and the sweet sensation of true passion.”
I asks “When we lose the thrill of the dance?
Emotion and gentleness recede to children dreams.
Will only the debris of youth be left?
Will I forsake your beautiful face and memory?”
Leonard Cohen song was playing softly in the small apartment.
Two shadows try to indulge in the gift of love and passion.
Trying to satisfy every sensation and emotion.
The morning light appears.
We languished into the afternoon.
Holding each other tightly.
We knew we held paradise for a moment.
When we left the room.
We would leave our innocent and youth locks in
a sweet dream.
We knew we entrenched two lives together.
She handed me a journal.
Told me to write your passion and sweet dreams
in this book.
In time we will forget to love and be gentle.
Only the story and old memories will bring peace in the end.
The first page she wrote words of love.
I kissed her lips.
Thanks her for the journal.
I read the last line from her sweet words.
“I will love you forever and a day.”
Coyote
1978
This is so lovely!
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Thank you for the comment. I do appreciate.
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The passion and excitement of youth remains smoldering. John, the poem is great. Thanks for sharing.
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A very old poem. Good to look back 35 years in the past. To know you were young and brave once. Thank you for the comment.
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Nice Poem. I like it.
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Oh, Leonard Cohen…
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I been a fan of Leonard Cohen for 37 years. He is loved in Europe. Thank you for the comment.
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Yes, a real poet. And you are quite right: we Europeans are great fans.
Thank you so much for visiting me on my site.
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