Constance La France Poet Sonnet

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Life Spent Alone

 
Though surrounded with love I am alone,
since that tragic day in my childhood life;
I watched my sister die with a last moan,
the horror stabbed my heart with a sharp knife.

I went silent from that day, I withdrew,
soon, I spoke but was shattered in my mind;
often I feel put together with glue.
in time my sadness and my words entwined.

And a poet was born out of great grief,
like a boat forgotten and weather-stained;
I have floated far and wide like a leaf,
ruined-   with a beauty hard to explain.

Heard a poet must suffer to write well;
so no wonder to this fate-   I have fell.

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May 12, 2019


Poetry/Sonnet/Life Spent Alone
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Written for the contest, Choices Poetry, 
Inspiration Picture #2- Life Spent Alone
sponsor, Sara Kendrick

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John Gondolf May 23, 2019 at 7:18 AM What a wonderfully written sad sonnet, Constance, best of luck in the contest. John Constance La France May 23, 2019 at 2:02 PM John, thanks for the visit and the wonderful!

P.S. Awtry May 12, 2019 at 9:38 PM Dear Heart you write sad poetry, beautifully. I especially liked this line, "often I feel put together with glue." Constance La France May 13, 2019 at 11:02 AM PS thanks for the compliment and I like that line too !