my captivation

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Poetry/Narrative/My Captivation
Copyright Protected, ID 10-1678-939-04
All Rights Reserve, 2024, Constance La France
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Written, October 04, 2024
For the International Contest, Just Because
Sponsor, John Lawless, Judge 10/11/2024

"i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart) i am never without it(anywhere i go you go) ee cummings let me tell you a story ... the above quote perfectly describes my thoughts of my family gone above and after many deaths of my beloved family I have developed an odd captivation for cemeteries loving the ultimate peace found amongst the swaying trees and hidden birds singing scurry litte creatures and the withered flowers left to decay the tombstones and graves my family is buried in the oldest cemetery in our city that is about 200 years old it is full of decaying headstones some are blank now the engraving has faded to nothing others with names and dates faint many are broken and fallen over but the ones that are readable I find fascinating in loving memory I read I can tell how much they were loved bible verses added at times and I adore the angel statues everywhere some moss drapped for miles among the huge old trees are paths I wander and ponder loving to go in the rain, the snow and when leaves are stained glass beautiful it all fills me with a writing passion I stop at a pond to rest watching the fish drift and float one can just breathe in the sereniy and tranquility call me odd but this is where I go to find utter peace

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Ink Empress

Date: 10/5/2024 3:28:00 AM

I know so many that find peace in such places dear warrior poetess constance! So well woven and the flow is seamless in this and so very descriptive! Love the ending the most!! Best wishes for the contest! Sending you light always

Constance La France
Date: 10/6/2024 10:43:00 AM

Ink, thank you for the lovely comment, compliment and encouragement, Constance

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 10/4/2024 5:25:00 PM

I can understand the love and peace in a cemetery. Reading tombstones is very much like meeting new people. It is interesting to discover the history of a community.

Constance La France
Date: 10/6/2024 10:44:00 AM

Hilda, thank you so much for the comment, so true, Constance

John Read

Date: 10/4/2024 12:36:00 PM

In the cemetery in London where my wife and mother are buried is a grave stone I always read when I visit it says. "Boast not reader of thy might, alive by day yet dead by night, thy life hangs by a single thread, no sooner broke than we are dead ".

Constance La France
Date: 10/6/2024 10:45:00 AM

John, thank you for sharing, I love that quote, Constance