''Heartbreaking Death''
I was with her when she left this earth
had been sitting by her bed (for days)
the curtains stirred and she gasped her last breath
it was 6-26-2015 and it was 7:43 pm
I felt an emptiness within my heart
an aching in my soul
the "death of a friend" is always hard
especially in one so young
cancer claims one more . . .
the days passed so slow until the funeral
I recall standing at the door
there was a serenity with all the flowers
at the end 71 people had come to bid farewell
and 28 came to the cemetery
in a row of cars following a winding road
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July 5, 2020
Poetry/Free Verse/''Heartbreaking Death''
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All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
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"death of a friend" posted 6/26/2015 at 7:43 pm,
7128 views, my highest viewed poem as of July 5, 2020
Written for the PREMIER contest Views on Poems
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