Grief: a Tribute To Carolyn
"To those still confined in the worldly
realm, no legacy I leave, just a kiss
that carries rapidly vanishing memories,
my final farewell" _ Carolyn Devonshire
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since your death Carolyn ...
I have been in ... a void unfathomable
the diagnose of cancer a few weeks ago
had left me in shock and denial
and there was no hope ...
~ the cancer had spread all through your body
and your fate was written
in the book of life and bargaining was useless ~
so I have been meditating
as I often do when I feel hopelessness
I breath in and out like ocean waves and close my eyes
and I am falling into emptiness ... until I see blue ocean waves
crashing on a beach
~ and you are barefoot and carefree ... kicking the waves
you look up smiling and wave to me
and then one thought to the next merge and mingle
as I reverie our friendship over many wonderful years ~
in a trance I write words to honor you
and abandon myself to pockets of time
words we said and words you have written
and flickers of your memory that will haunt me evermore
oh, I have been in a daze ... a void of grief
in a waking dream where I stumble lost
~ you are at peace now free of all pain
walking some heavenly ocean ...
Carolyn, I must accept your death and these flickers
and memories ... holding each one inside my heart
where reveries and reality meld
and I will treasure each gift given
... especially the ocean shells ~
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August 8, 2021
Poetry/Free Verse/Grief: A Tribute to Carolyn
Copyright Protected, ID 08-1379-509-08
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for the Premier contest, The Void
sponsor, Unseeking Seeker, Judged 08/11/2021
Eighth Place
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