We shall rise and we shall fall….
We shall fall and rise
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I listened to you, you are so damn pretty and you carry a heavy heart. I made you laugh and I told you. Naked heart and too much drink, weave us into a confused mess. Pretty lady, slow down, gather your life. We shall fall and rise. Life is a fine teacher, break us, make us become who we suppose to be.
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I was adrift in her eyes and she knew. We were cigarettes, hard drink and desperate nights. We accepted token kisses and languished in woven dreams. We crashed and burn in a Austin, Texas motel. She told me often, Dear poet, we are sometime lovers, sometime friends. You are the steady ground I need when I can’t face the night. I whispered to her. We are vagabonds seeking too little, too much. We dressed-up love, we stripped to bare skin and we never show real face. We are just thieves and runners. somehow we became empty glasses needing to be filled-up.
She smiled and she whispered. It is alright love, my honey. We are Texas storms, accepting what we are.
Coyote
Beautifully penned… especially the metaphors used…..💟
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Thank you my friend for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.
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Really loved this, John! Especially your closing line – She smiled and she whispered. It is alright love, my honey. We are Texas storms, accepting what we are.
People never having been through a Texas Storm should just imagine one of those movie storms that show up at of nowhere and rage for 15 minutes with thunders, lightning and 50 mph winds and a 30 degree drop in temperature and then 5 minutes later it’s sunny and warming.
😁😊✨✨
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I saw a few Texas storms. I was station at Fort Hood for 7 years. I saw them tear a building in half. Thank you my friend for reading and the comment.
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Living in Georgetown and know what you mean!! Love your posts about Austin the area!
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I loved Austin. I did the yearly poetry reading and the Austin people. Always kind to me. You live in a wonderful place my friend.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you my friend.
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Happy to read and share your posts with followers, John! 😊✨✨ Yes, the Austin area is great!
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Absolutely lovely. The metaphors are also brilliant. 🖤
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Thank you my friend for reading and the comment. Life is lesson and more lesson, to make us wiser. We hope.
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