Constance La France Poet Narrative

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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

my captivation

"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 October 5, 2024 at 3:28 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 October 6, 2024 at 10:43 AM Ink, thank you for the lovely comment, compliment and encouragement, Constance

Hilda Greenhough October 4, 2024 at 5:25 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 October 6, 2024 at 10:44 AM Hilda, thank you so much for the comment, so true, Constance

John Read October 4, 2024 at 12:36 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 October 6, 2024 at 10:45 AM John, thank you for sharing, I love that quote, Constance