Constance La France Poet Monorhyme

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   "Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes ... "

                     Alfred Tennyson, 1847 Song, Tears, Idle Tears

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Secrets In My Tears

 
I dream of things that haunt my soul,
and in my bed I rock and roll;
as I fall in a dream keyhole,
fighting with a memory old.

And tears are falling from my eyes,
oh, all the pain and all the lies;
yet, I must forgive with deep sighs,
why could you not the truth verbalize. 

Mom, you took secrets to your grave,
you had always told me-  be brave;
before you left so much we forgave,
but this one sad secret you saved.

The baby never was adopted- was it Mom,
but died- a secret that hit me like a bomb !

With nothing on this stone that moans,
a secret lie-   that is now but tiny bones !

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October 22, 2021


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Robert James Liguori October 22, 2021 at 3:04 PM Emotional, the power to forgive. Constance La France October 22, 2021 at 3:08 PM Robert, thank you for the visit, yes, emotional, I forgave my Mom because I think the secret became too big for her to tell, I know she loved me and I loved her. Now, I have had the Baby engraved on our family stone, no need for secrets now ~ peace and tranquility _Constance