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Our Last Stroll

Brisk breezes chilled us, we picked up our pace
That night we strolled beneath the harvest moon
And how I wish right now we could embrace
Your warm arms sheltered me like a cocoon

Your deep voice singing “Strangers in the Night”
I laughed as we’d been friends some eighteen years 
Our spirits danced; I would not show my fright
But worried soon nothing would stop my tears 

For I knew then that God was calling you
Your cancer-ravaged body, oh so thin
Now I have lonely nights in which to rue
The loss of one who seemed to be my twin

On autumn nights when moonbeams light the stage
Your shadow dances still and quells my rage

Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2019

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Brenda Chiri Date: 12/22/2019 2:53:00 PM Carolyn congrats on your win!;) Login to Reply

Quoth Theraven Date: 10/17/2019 12:20:00 AM Carolyn, Your Sonnet deeply touches. I just listened to Frank's song only minutes ago. -Richard Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 10/8/2019 7:51:00 PM Carolyn congratulations on your win in the contest with this wonderful write! Login to Reply

John Hamilton Date: 10/6/2019 1:46:00 PM Very nicely done Carolyn, a touching write, congrats on your podium win! Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 10/7/2019 1:11:00 PM Thanks, John.

Charmaine Chircop Date: 10/2/2019 4:01:00 PM Heartwrenching and one csn feel your true friendship and love for this friend.I could feel your heart while reading you dear.Awesome. Thanks for stopping by..Yes With Chri at school..I might have an hr to write and read here and there.Nice to see you dear. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 10/3/2019 1:54:00 PM I'm not on that often either, Charmaine, but it's a delight to see you here. Glad Christina is doing well in school. Hugs, Carolyn

Judy Ball Date: 10/2/2019 3:22:00 PM Oh this is so hauntingly beautiful. So deeply touching. I can feel the lonliness and the aching heartbreak in your words. God Bless, JB Login to Reply

Joseph May Date: 10/1/2019 8:21:00 PM Carolyn, there's so much poignancy in your words on this wistful autumn stroll..Well penned.. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 10/2/2019 12:44:00 PM Thank you, Joseph. When we lose a best friend, the sense of loss seems to stay with us.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 10/1/2019 3:17:00 PM You did an amazing job with your autumn sonnet, Carolyn, making it so poignant. Autumn has to be the most melancholy of the seasons. Login to Reply

Arturo Michael Date: 10/1/2019 4:45:00 AM A beautiful connection of souls...and sweetly presented here... Login to Reply

Lindsay Laurie Date: 9/30/2019 1:42:00 AM Hello Carolyn … a true topic for a sonnet and well written. I did enjoy reading this sonnet - thank you Carolyn - Lindsay Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 9/29/2019 5:07:00 PM This lovely poem is so heartfelt and beautiful Carolyn. I am sorry for your loss. I want to save this in my Faves. I can relate. You ended this so perfectly! xxoo Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/30/2019 9:27:00 AM Thank you, Connie. He was a great friend.

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 9/28/2019 2:56:00 PM Hi Carolyn, Hope you are well dear friend. I love this brilliantly penned poem which is sad but written with such grace - Chris will always be your guardian angel! Hugs and blessings, Jennifer. Login to Reply

Anthony Biaanco Date: 9/28/2019 1:54:00 PM Hi Carolyn, I liked this very much- great emotion and truth within the constraints of a sonnet. Best wishes, Anthony Login to Reply

Paul Callus Date: 9/28/2019 7:10:00 AM This is sad, emotional, and yet poetically beautiful, Carolyn. A memory to cherish. ~ Hugs // paul Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/28/2019 11:25:00 AM Thanks for reading, Paul

Tom Cunningham Date: 9/28/2019 5:29:00 AM Truly a well written but sad sonnet Carolyn,so many of us have lost friends and family to this awful disease. A lovely tribute to your friend. Tom. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/28/2019 11:26:00 AM Thank you, Tom. I'll check your page.

Regina Mcintosh Date: 9/27/2019 10:08:00 PM This is a inspiration and I'm so sad for your cancer stricken twin. Much love and prayers... God bless you Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/28/2019 11:32:00 AM He only "seemed" to be my twin because we had so much in common, Regina. Chris passed on Christmas 2005. Life has been much lonelier without him. Thanks for reading.

Rico Leffanta Date: 9/27/2019 7:22:00 PM Nothing quite like memories to warm a weary heart! Bonne chance! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply

Heidi Sands Date: 9/27/2019 6:51:00 PM Oh my word. This reaches me deeply. So well written Carolyn!! :) Have a nice night. Take care :) Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 10/1/2019 3:46:00 PM Thank you, Heidi.

Vijay Pandit Date: 9/27/2019 5:02:00 PM This is so heartfelt and touching..very moving, Carolyn. I see you walking together..you captured those emotions.. now in memories. Excellent write as always, Carolyn. Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/27/2019 3:22:00 PM - Much love in this poem, Carolyn - A wonderful poem ... but so terribly sad ... I can feel your loss ... - The experience that someone we love dies is the hardest life has to offer - Best wishes in the contest :) - I wish you a lovely weekend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 10/1/2019 3:47:00 PM One would think that losses like this get easier over time, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I am the young sibling of an older brother and sister. I worry one day I'll be completely alone. Thanks for reading, Sunshine!

Debra Squyres Date: 9/27/2019 2:57:00 PM Oh my !! Words cannot express the beauty of your expressive words in this Sonnet. Heartfelt, as I miss mine also, my heart reaches out to these words. Thanks for dropping by. I haven't written in a few years. I realize now how I've missed it. Best of luck in the contest.. I read a winner for sure !! Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/27/2019 3:02:00 PM Thank you for your kind words. Sometimes we experience losses that will affect us for the rest of our lives.

Chris Green Date: 9/27/2019 1:51:00 PM This amazingly sad poem broke my heart as I read it. Carolyn, I really don't even know what to say except true friendship is a wonderful gift, not many experience it but since it sounds that you did, then you were blessed. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 9/27/2019 2:02:00 PM Yes, my Chris was a blessing and there are times I still feel his presence, though he died Christmas Day 2005. This was our last walk before he was too weak and had to go to a hospice. Bonds like this stay with us. Thanks for reading, Chris