My birthday poem– I’m tire, so damn tire
The road called me.
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
I’m tire of same places and faces. I need the road.
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I’m tire, so damn tired.
Somehow I got lost. I looked into the mirror and I see a bloody stranger.
A ghost of a man I once was. I’m tire of people who have no concern for me.
Just blood suckers stealing my blood and life.
I saw men lay down and died often in my life. Sometime the gun is faster than the slow death.
I was a soldier once and I knew freedom one.
In sweet dreams. I danced, sang, drank and owned nothing but my old truck. I was free of people with
fake smiles and worked you till you become dead.
I bleed for people daily who watch me die daily. They do not care for the real reasons of life.
Work, work and work some more. They steal your soul and do not give a damn about you.
I’m tire, so damn tire.
I hear the road calling. I want the free people and long highway.
I need a dozen years by the sea and the forest. Drink in my Ojibwa blood.
Today I’m no-one. Dead-man walking.
I need Big Surf and a tent. To drink with musicians, writers, surfers and the poets.
Leave the fake goals and cell phones behind.
I need conversation and a worthwhile cause. If I die today.
What will they say Johnnie was? Just a donkey who left his world worst off than he got.
This is very sad.
The road is calling me and kind people offered me places to rest.
The donkey is too weak to move.
I’m tire, so damn tire.

Coyote/John Castellenas
I wish you did not have to work for people who do not care about the resaons for life. Most of the company people are like that.
It is sad that people lise sight of what is important….or never learned at all during their lifetime.
I hate seeing you imprisoned. I have been in those places. Now I am trying to find my way independently hoping not to have to go back to that kind of work that feels like soul sucking.
For some reason there is a song in my head as I think about these things. “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell and another song that she sang but was originally by Crosby, Stills and Nash ” Woodstock”….we are stardust, we are golden, but we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden….
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I agree. I learn a long time ago. Work is a part of life. We need to find time for the pleasures of living. I’m fine. Was thinking too hard.
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It is understandable to grieve for time we wish we could have spent differently. I am glad you are okay right now.
Annie ❤
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It captures emotions precisely. I hope you rest and heal
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I’m okay. Just thinking too hard.
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Thinking exhausts me too. Meditation helps!
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I agree. I do meditate. Keeps me grounded.
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This is brilliant!
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My thoughts are with you
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Rest John! Blessings and peace!
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Happy Birthday! I think💕… I know that feeling of need for change
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I do need a change. Here in Michigan. Kids are struggling. Life seem harder. I must obey dear grandpa wisdom. “Tomorrow the problem will be less painful. Don’t allow the bad things get you down.”
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Time heals or lessen the pain… I wish you well💜
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Its does and thank you.
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take care…
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I did better with new poem. Sometime I think too hard. I worry for the kids. What is left for them? I pray our leaders gain wisdom and people learn to lead with concern, kindness and love.
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there are many of us worried about the same things right now…sometimes it feels like you’re banging your head against a brick wall. Maybe the world needs an absolute crisis before our leaders will see sense. Blessings
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I was a soldier for 15 years. I fear a bio or nuclear weapon will change our world. This would be very terrible. Men are hard headed. All we can do is pray and hope.
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keep hoping…
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I believe we must write, support peace and protect the animals. Maybe a small movement of water in a stream somewhere can create a movement for peace, no starvation and healing our world. Maybe it will take one gift of kindness to begin?
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We can each only act in a small way – but enough of us caring can make a difference
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I believe and hope this is true.
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