Constance La France Poet Free verse

A Garden Ravaged

my life is weather-stained with years
a garden ravaged . . . 
since a child I have been collecting scars
s c a r s  that will never heal
and storms shake the ocean of my sleep
the waves of time keep rolling over me endlessly
o, scars are the  p a t h  to the soul I heard
and my  S O U L  is a labyrinth
of jagged, sharp pieces
and my  d r e a m s  are flowers that have died
my scars a long chain of heavy lead
yet, I drink from the deep blue sky each day . . . 
though the rare herb, happiness, hides away from me
my heart a window open but a door firmly closed
I dwell amid the dregs of past sorrows
that hang from  d r i p p i n g  branches
in the grey woods of my mind. . . 

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May 12, 2020

Edit from September 7, 2018

Poetry/Free Verse/A Garden Ravaged
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Submitted to Brian's Choice A Contest
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L. J. Carber May 14, 2020 at 11:05 AM Congrats Constance--you do capture sadness well.... Constance La France May 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM LJ, thanks for the congrats, you may have noticed capturing sadness is my forte _Constance

Jeanne Mcgee May 12, 2020 at 2:19 PM Pain and scars you write of so deeply that only someone so affected can do. Good luck DH. Constance La France May 13, 2020 at 6:22 PM Jeanne, yes, true I do have a lot of pain and scars to write about, thanks for visiting _Constance

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 12, 2020 at 2:01 PM Only you can make such pain so eloquently beautiful. Gorgeous penning. Good luck in Brian's contest, a winner for me. xomo Constance La France May 13, 2020 at 6:22 PM Maureen, thanks so much for the visit and the compliment _Constance