Never Forgotten

I will never forget you ... each one I love ... gone for Heaven above my sister left first and years rolled but I was left silent no talking but I heard ... ~ it was grandma who reached into my silent world and gave me a safe harbor and inspired me to write my pain and sorrow and I healed under her loving care ~ when my father left me I was utterly shattered and broken he had been my rock I still recall our walks in nature and his sayings that I now understand ... ~ don't burn the bridges behind you ... you may wish to go back pick your battles- find the courage to walk away from a fight hold your friends close to your heart ... and many others as well ~ when my baby died I wept for days and months .... and my mother held me to her heart when my husband left shortly after I was left empty we lost my brother to a senseless war and when mother left me I was beyond grief ... like a wilted rose I hung my head I was a lost balloon floating ... with no true north but, somehow I found myself again, 'till grandma left me 'alone' ... in this world she is the reason I am a writer today ... ~ but, yet again I found a fathomless strength within me and also found my poetic voice and MUSE and express myself now ... in poetry and art forms ... broken but okay ... and I will never forget ~ ______________________ April 22, 2021 Poetry/Verse/never forgotten Copyright Protected, ID 04-1348-756-22 All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France Written for the Premier contest, Open Poetry 3, sponsor, Charlotte Puddifoot, Judged 04/25/2021 Submitted into the Premier contest, Your 2021 N-A Choice poem Sponsor, William Kekaula, Judged 04/27/2021 Fifth Place Poem of the Day, April 24, 2021 Submitted to the Premier contest, Your Favorite Poem Of 2021 sponsor, Chantelle Anne Cooke, Judged 11/23/2021 First Place