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Stone Garden

the cemetery is still this Autumn day as rain falls like kisses of love on my cheeks to mingle with my tears . . . memories have shook the ocean of my sleep so, I have come to this stone garden that is beautiful and forlorn all is leaf-strewn with hundreds of hues as I walk the winding path . . . I am sinking into the atmosphere (into a trance) the day old flower I carry is wilted and I touch it's still smooth decaying petals why must it die so quickly . . . like my child who did not even gasp one breath oh, I am lost in a sea of headstones _________________________ November 1, 2020 Poetry/Free Verse/stone garden Copyright Protected, ID 11-1317-390-01 All Rights Reserved, 2020, Contsance La France Submitted into the Standard contest, Podium Placing Promise (2) sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged, 12/31/20 First Place

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 1/1/2021 11:40:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. I have had friends who had the pain of losing a child. So sorry. Have you read the book: "Heaven is for Real" True Story. A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. Cover has a young boy on it, with yellow and orange. It is a great book. I think you would like it. In the back of the book, it talks about a young girl. Look up her work. "Amazing" Enjoy your win.................

Constance La France
Date: 1/1/2021 12:32:00 PM

Paula, thanks for the congratulations and comment. I actually saw the movie of the book it was great _Constance

Greg Gaul

Date: 1/1/2021 10:11:00 AM

Touching and powerful memory of a child lost but thoughts that still hold you. Beautifully written. Congratulations.

Constance La France
Date: 1/1/2021 12:33:00 PM

Greg, thanks for the congratulations and the compliment _ Constance

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/1/2021 7:20:00 AM

Emotive and expressive work. Congrats on this win. Sara

Constance La France
Date: 1/1/2021 9:23:00 AM

Sara, thanks for the nice comment and the congrats _Constance

Gary Radice

Date: 1/1/2021 4:34:00 AM

So poignant yet so beautiful.

Constance La France
Date: 1/1/2021 5:28:00 AM

Gary, thanks so much for the comment and compliment on my poem, when I read it myself, I choke up, yet I must write it, for the poet in me must share my soul _Constance

John Lawless

Date: 12/30/2020 12:17:00 PM

Beautifully written in the painful ink of lamentation. Well done, Constance

Constance La France
Date: 12/30/2020 2:36:00 PM

John, thank your so much for the beautiful comment, appreciate _Constance

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/30/2020 11:48:00 AM

wow, so good, Constance. I think I must be confused about the latest contest. I am seeing long poems for it! I only gave a two-line poem, so I think I am facing another loss! This is PERFECTO

Constance La France
Date: 12/30/2020 2:37:00 PM

Andrea, thanks for the compliment, the contest could be anywhere from 2 lines to 14 lines so you are okay _Constance

Arturo Michael

Date: 12/30/2020 11:43:00 AM

You've captured sensitive emotions here...Well done... The best to you in 2021.

Constance La France
Date: 12/30/2020 2:38:00 PM

Aturo, thank you so much, and for the well done, appreciate that _Constance

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 12/30/2020 7:42:00 AM

Your poem is heartbreaking, Constance. I can't imagine the pain of losing a child. It is always a somber time when we walk through cemeteries, even if we don't know the souls who rest there. A fave for me, dear. May 2021 bring better times your way! Love, Carolyn

Constance La France
Date: 12/30/2020 9:32:00 AM

Carolyn, thank you for your comment, compassion. I find the quiet in cemeteries very calming but they are not silent if you listen, the rustle of leaves, the birds calling, the squirrels and chipmunks .. you just need to listen, thank you so much for the FAV _ Constance