Father’s eyes..
Father’s eyes
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
It is hard not to follow your Father’s footsteps. But we must sometimes.![]()
Father’s eyes and anger….
7 April 2009
(Part one. Wiser and smarter man. Need to think before we speak. Words can be like knifes to the heart and soul.)
Is my Father’s eyes and anger.
Are they mine’s now?
I told you,
I loved you,
I needed you.
Love should bring love.
Violence.
A hidden demon.
Can strike without thought.
Sweet friend,
kind lover.
Did you see the monster?
I tried to lock the demon up.
He tried to escape.
I must walk away for a moment.
Deep breathe and counting to ten.
My world is falling apart.
Like my Father’s world did too.
He took the bad road.
Pissed off and violence.
I will keep quiet.
Do my best to stay strong.
Ain’t easy when your world is falling down around you.
We need kind words.
We need a lot of patience.
A lot of love.
I will pray to the God of life and death
Give me wisdom and strength.
Coyote
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My Father
(Written on 19 November 1989)
When I look into the mirror.
Do I see you my father?
Have I become what I despised all my life?
Have my eyes.
Your violence become mine’s.
Everyday I learn more loss.
Loss of dreams,
lost of desires.
Will I become like you?
Give up.
Show spirit only when I’m violence or excited?
Can I stop my journey to man-hood?
My eyes from hiding tears.
Gentleness.
Have I travel too far?
Is the blood too strong?
Am I destine to hurt everyone?
I have loved.
If I chose my own road.
Why do I follow my father sadness.
Coyote
Very movingly evoked…❤
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Very old poetry. I outlived my father in age and we do learn learn from our mentors. Thank you my friend for reading and the comment.
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You’re very welcome
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Wow, just wow…. Beautifully expressed 💕
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Thank you for reading. I appreciate the comment.
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Wow Jonnie, I expect you have learned well how to love growing up where pain was present, judging by your beautiful family!!! Such devotion and love you share to them and all of us~❤️✨
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My father taught me to seek education and be good. His Vietnam war and Korean war left him with a heavy heart and anger. He healed in later years. I tried to do better dear Cindy. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Education is the biggest gift we can give. so wonderful you appreciat all that he gave and expanded your light. Oh that’s good he healed later. ❤️❤️✨ Cindy
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Wow…so powerful and relatable. Your words exquisitely express topics so tough, understood fully by those who have experienced similar. Thank you for your courage to share these
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Thank you dear Andie. My father fought in two wars and he was never right. But he ensured I walked the right path. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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