Poetry/Free Verse/Inspiration Copyright Protected, ID 12-1665-136-08 All Rights Reserved, 2024, Constance La France
Written, August 12, 2025 For the International Contest, Inspirational Poems Sponsor, Jay Narain, Judged 08/14/2024
Second Place
"You are stronger than you think." Quote _ Google As a young girl I spent a lot of time alone, overtime I learnt to not be lonely by learning to be creative; I was and am motivated by all I see, smell, and hear, my mother's garden was ever a place of inspiration and enchantment. Poetry books enchanted me for hours and hours, those poets of old and their words became my friends and muses; I loved to read books and they gave me great revelations, God blessed be with divine illumination. The library was my place of insight and incentive, I was hungry for knowledge of all types and in all ways; when I discovered the art gallery it was like a magical world to me, I did and still do spend hours and hours wandering the art. So, on my journey I gathered a state of mind, of sharing what I have discovered with others of like mind; I wish to be their awakening, their encouragement and motivation, oh, to be that spark that lights a fire within another. I am all that I am because of my childhood experiences, those experiences could have made me a failure in this life; but instead, God told me to be a light that glows, shining on all who seek my help to be more than they are.
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