A Box of Everything
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Written, January 17, 2024
Poetry/Haibun/A Box of Everything
Copyright Protected, ID 01-1617-037-17
All Rights Reserved, 2024, Constance La France
For the contest, A Box of Everything, NA, Judged 01/28/2024
Submitted to the International Contest, NA Poetry
Sponsor, Ink Empress, Judged 02/06/2024
Seventh Place
"The question. If someone handed 'me' a box with everything
in it that I had lost, what is the first thing, I would look for ?"
I have lost a lot in my life so far. To tell the truth I have lost almost every
person I love to death. I will mourn them all forever. It is said that time
heals but I don't really agree with that. No amount of time will erase my
grief. I suppose, I have lost jobs, friends, things along the way, but those
seem insignificant to me. Although, I loved deeply each of my loved ones
the loss of my baby is like a dagger that is still bleeding, an open wound that
will never heal. I held my baby but once, one little breath, then, she was
gone, I tell myself my baby girl was too beautiful for this world.
the snow is falling
a grave under the pure white ~
a stone angel weeps
So, if someone offered me a box of everything lost, I would reach in and
pull out a perfect, healthy baby girl. And I would raise this girl with all
my love. But, of course this is but a poem, a thought and the reality is that
my baby is gone from this world. I hope God cradles my girl sometimes,
I know God is very busy, but please, God.
it is a long path
past trees to a place of tears ~
blue flowers growing
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2024
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