Constance La France Poet Verse

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"On my journey through life,

I have met people like weeds and flowers;

I let all the weeds wither;

and gather up the flowers in a precious bouquet."

Quote _ Constance La France

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Within My Crannied Wall

I have built a brick wall courtyard to protect me,
from the outside it is a barrier-   a fortification;
but inside there are crevices and fissure openings,
and it is a beautiful and safe walled enclosure;
for in life there are people like flowers or weeds.

People come into my life and I accept them,
but in time each show there true story colors;
and sometimes those colors are not very pretty,
those people become the weeds in my garden;
I exile them so they can fade outside my wall

But, the people who become my soul-mates,
well, these are the flowers in my garden of life;
people who enhance, restore me-  my bouquets,
oh, our bond is strong-  I hold them to my heart;
in a niche, crack, crevice they will always dwell. 

I have built a brick wall for my flowers and me,
for I only keep the good and not the bad ;
oh yes, in time each show their strength- weakness,
the strong are treasured, weeds just wither away, 
I keep the kindred in the crannied cracks of my wall.

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March 2, 2020


Poetry/Verse/Within My Crannied Wall
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1232-663-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France

Submitted to Strand Choice B
sponsor, Brian Strand

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Kenisha Shines March 28, 2020 at 2:36 AM Congratulations!Enjoyed your poem.stay safe and have a great day.:) Constance La France March 28, 2020 at 8:31 PM Kenisha, thanks you for the congratulations and the compliment _Constance

Sam Kauffman March 11, 2020 at 1:12 PM Congratulations on your HM Constance. Life is, as you wisely say, about weeding out the life giving from the life draining. Constance La France March 28, 2020 at 8:32 PM Sam, thanks for the congratulations, yes, sometimes we have gathered just weeds _Constance

Charlie Smith March 2, 2020 at 1:05 PM We all have our walls, I suppose, some have larger cracks than others. Great entry My Dear... Constance La France March 2, 2020 at 9:29 PM Charlie, thank you for the visit and compliment, yes we all have walls _Constance