Constance La France Poet Rubaiyat

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Poetry/Rubaiyat/Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars
Copyright Protected, ID 10-1592-584-26
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France

Written, October 26, 2023
For the International Contest Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars
Sponsor,  Unseeking Seeker, Judged 11/11/2023

First Place

Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars

 

I have spent my life in tormenting pain,
from activities I must just refrain;
oh, the aching, throbbing, and agony,
but, I endure, I cope and don't complain.

I find tranquility in fantasy,
in the penning of divine rhapsody;
in the harmony of spirit and soul,
and I find peace . . .  at the art gallery.

Courage and the strength of me is my goal,
I ignore aching and pain's rigmarole;
with resolve I control my emotion,
my spirit-  with mind and body console.

I let my words soar over the ocean,
on white paper I pour my life broken;
I have spent my life in tormenting pain,
like a bird I rise, drift-   never frozen.

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Ink Empress November 12, 2023 at 11:25 PM I can resonate with the line about finding comfort in fantasy etc: to push down the pain etc. you are truly a strong soul and you’ve written so well for this prompt. I love the form used here. One id like to try too. Congratulations on winning. Well deserved. Constance La France November 14, 2023 at 1:12 PM Ink, thank you so much for the nice comment and compliment, this is a very flexible form, I think you would like it a lot, thanks for the congratulations too, blessings

Andrea Dietrich October 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM This is a winner for sure. You addressed the theme wonderfully . Constance La France October 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM Andrea, thank you so much for the kind compliment, I hope I did and that Silent likes my poem, blessings