Pain and lesson
Pain and lesson
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
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Pain and lesson
A thousand lessons deep. I learn too late. Hold silence and listen. I lost many upon the road of living. I wished too late. To left brothers with kind words. To stop and pay attention to family members lost in the booze and drugs. Their suicide left empty places in my heart and mind.
I learn too late. The value of words. I wish often to have held silence and left family and friend with better words. Today I wished I called dear father and grandparent more often. I wished I told people I loved. I love them and I was thankful for them.
Hurt and tears are part of us. Few have not tripped over foolish words and actions. Today I don’t seek forgiveness. I seek to be a better man. I try to hold silence even when I want to rip someone apart.
Today I do silence prayers.
Lord of life.
Give me patience.
Make me think before I speak.
Please lord of life.
Give the strength to be kind and know quiet when I want to speak negative words.
Please give me the strength to know love, kindness and forgiveness.
Coyote/John Castellenas
Amen…
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Great write and great cover song. I love me some Johnny Cash.
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Johnny Cash is always good song. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Beautiful, John!
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Thank ypu Annie for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.
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If only we all sought out this kind of silence, to know when to be quiet and when to speak from a place of loving kindness in spite of the hate or anger we feel. This is incredibly written…
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Thank you Beth. I have learn the hard way. Can’t take back bad actions and words.
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