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The Price of Love

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My heart has soared and known true love so now I’m here my lover’s gone Death has come to claim his soul death took him in the night of day And in the darkest darkness of despair left me bruised too stunned with grief Alone the two of us I took my love on his last journey as far as I dared go Death I could tell was kind that day as she cradled him gently in her arms With maternal grace she held his body's shell like he’d always been the special child meant to come back home one day For he had loved as much as he could love his heart was gold, his soul was pure he’d given all he ever could Time suddenly has paused the world has stopped there is no meaning no rhyme or reason I focus on the love he gave abundantly and freely and not on the abyss-ful void that’s left behind After all was there ever any doubt there’d be a price to pay for having loved AP: Honorable Mention 2022 Submitted on February 21, 2022 for contest F-FORM FREE VERSE (DEATH) sponsored by CONSTANCE LA FRANCE - RANKED 3RD

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Unseeking Seeker

Date: 2/26/2022 3:32:00 AM

Your twin flame is always with you, Line, vibrationally, ooozing love that you have both conjured to the cadence of a sublime, celestial bliss beat. Congrats on your win, with this outstanding work, permeating deep within the soul of the reader.

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/26/2022 4:53:00 PM

Thanks for your lovely visit and comment. Most appreciated ~

Constance La France

Date: 2/25/2022 2:49:00 PM

Line, congratulations on your Third Place win in my Free Verse contest with your wonderful poem, I absolutely love your reading voice ~ Constance

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/25/2022 6:45:00 PM

Thank you so much for hosting this very inspirational contest, Constance.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 2/25/2022 11:30:00 AM

That last verse says much! My Dad is doing better, still always heartbroken.

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/25/2022 1:00:00 PM

Mending broken hearts is indeed an art ~ not easy. Line xx

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 2/24/2022 10:57:00 PM

A FAVORITE for me!

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/25/2022 4:42:00 AM

Thanks, Timothy. Most appreciated ~

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 2/24/2022 10:56:00 PM

Line, And what a love it is, not was. That kind of love is rare and will live forever. Your poem makes us yearn for just taste of that. The power of this poem makes me feel love. I believe love is a living energy and not just words. That love energy never dies. There is no doubt your lover will feel your love for eternity just as you will his. The price you pay is being separated from your lover but not his love. And someday when you join him, what a reunion that will be!

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/25/2022 4:43:00 AM

Thank you for your lovely comment, Timothy. Very touching ~

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 2/24/2022 4:36:00 PM

wow, you stun me into silence, such a great observance of love and all its cost, but not all is lost if we believe in the great reunion some day, we can settle our heart on the seat of hope dear friend, I see a winning poem that deserves to be heard on earth as in heaven, Much love and prayers dearest Line. :)

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/24/2022 5:39:00 PM

Thank you for your much appreciated visit and comment, Rose ~ most kind of you

Gary Radice

Date: 2/23/2022 3:13:00 AM

I have always wrestled with the idea that although life is a prize that is given to us; it is one that is inevitably taken away from us too. Your poem, Line, of love and loss and the emotions tied to both is poignant in its message and beautifully crafted.

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/23/2022 4:59:00 AM

Thank you very much for your most appreciated visit and comment, Gary.

Tania Kitchin

Date: 2/21/2022 1:00:00 PM

Line, a well penned emotive poem, full of raw emotion and grief, pulled at my heart strings.

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/21/2022 1:11:00 PM

Thank you for your lovely visit and comment, Tania. Most appreciated~

Sally Eslinger

Date: 2/21/2022 9:52:00 AM

Line, this is so strong that I fear it is a true narrative. So explicit that my heart sends sympathy to your mourning. Yet as you present Mother Death so gentle in her touch, it is comforting also. Thank you for this portrait of hours. Blessings on your day. sally

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/21/2022 1:16:00 PM

Thank you very much, Sally. I was lucky that my husband passed away peacefully and he was a lovely man. He was afflicted with polio as a child, and the end brought to mind many parallels.