jcastellenas-Coyote

Poetry, story and music.

family

  • A letter.

    (Johnnie in Germany 1978) A letter. Sometime cigarettes, good booze and a pen can give a man a reason to be alive. When we parachute blind into love,even a renegade spirit can be broken.I tried to hide my misery in good cognac and Germany wine. I allowed myself to fall into a delusional state where… Read more

  • Grandmother hope and wishes.

    (My grandparent in 1979 in Detroit.) I lost my Ojibwa Grandmother in 1981. She had a hard life. You would never know. She loved her children and wanted them to know freedom. Grandmother hope and wishes. Dear Grandmother was a kind woman. She was took from her reservation as a young child. They cut her… Read more

  • Don’t look at me with disappointment.

    (Do not become what the world wants you to be. We are all different. Needing more or less. Like yourself and be kind to the people near.) Don’t look at me with disappointment. Don’t look at me,don’t give me those sad looks of disappointment.I don’t care what you see. I’m breaking down walls andI’m not… Read more

  • Please hold my hands. Dear Amanda.

    Please hold my hands. Please hold my hands, please hold my heart. Please kiss me so softly and make me believe in the heaven mist. Let’s walk near the sea together and we can watch the stars rise in the night and fall into the sea at dawn. For you are my love love, dearest… Read more

  • When the sun kisses the moon.

    “You taste like sunshine just like you’ve been kissed by the morning light and I was the darkness dancing with the stars carelessly, breathlessly and our lips meet softly. color creeping in the atmosphere the absolute lightest darkness dawn is breaking: A fleeting moment when the sun can kiss the moon (AKR)” Summer solstice- When… Read more

  • Last man standing.

    The last man standing.. A Story by Coyote Poetry Talk of Nuclear war again. The foolish people thinking about using the nuclear weapons. Need to watch the movie. “Mad Max.” The last man standing “This is the way the world ends  This is the way the world ends  This is the way the world ends … Read more

  • Once I saw everything in your eyes.

    1- Once, I saw everything in your eyes. You told me, your dreams of Big Sur and climbing Mount Rainier. I was thankful my kind friend. You loved me. 2- Like this. She asked me, where are the kind people? Where are the beautiful places? We walked barefoot into the Monterey Bay Pacific ocean. I… Read more

  • Sanctuary.

    Sanctuary 1- I love you my pretty, I love you for a thousand reasons. You make me feel important and safe. In my confused and hard world, you listen to me in the early morning, you listen to me when the night is long and lonely. You are my sanctuary, my sweetest comfort and I… Read more

  • The sea of sadness and the storm of anger.

    The sea of sadness and the storm of anger. 1- Sergeant Major was my friend. I drove him home every night and he would drink. I asked him. My friend, why must you get drunk every night? He told me. The sea of sadness, the sea of anger is so hard to forget. Good whiskey,… Read more

  • Dear Monterey.

    Dear Monterey The kind Gods took me from war to you dear Monterey. I joined wars to try to die the proper death. Suicide, I couldn’t do. War didn’t want my death. The mercy of the Gods and dear Monterey took me to the paradise of the Pacific ocean. I loved the sea. I befriended… Read more