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Miss You

Sorrow engulfs and smothers the heart.
Which longs to have you near
Weighing down my very soul
Excreting every single tear

Bitter thoughts blaze in my mind.
As I lay our love to rest
In fields of pink carnations
Dead leaves falling where I tread

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A little one I wrote about missing him. Pink Carnations are a symbol of never to be forgotten and dead leaves symbol sadness. Thought maybe explaining my use for these would help with the imagery and the message being conveyed Many thanks for reading LG :)
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Hello Alan,
Many thanks for the helpful input. I will put myself to work tomorrow as it's a bit late now. Much appreciate all your sound advice. I am here to learn :)

Kindest regards
LG

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I think I did it all. Thank you for helping me with this

Kindest regards
LG :)

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Thanks for the title advice, I will switch it so it's not so personal. It is not an affair, being widowed has probably been the hardest challenge for me. Sadly it does reflect in my writing. I will be sure not to share any more of this subject

Kind regards
LG

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Thank you Jerry, it was a human error. No harm done. People don't expect someone like me to already be widowed. He was only 30 years old. In the UK carnations, particularly pink are used at funerals. People wear them in their buttonholes. I assumed everyone would recognise that bit. My human error.

Thank you for kindness
LG

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stop being human! I was aware of you being a widow and saw right away that it was about you missing your spouse. Jerry was just trying to be helpful and suggest that you get over someone who has hurt you. You share all you want and need to with us, we are and will be respectful. Nice work, by the way!
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Thank you for your kind words and support. Sorry I missed the chat last night. Too late for me in the UK.

Thanks for reading my poem

Kind Regards

LG

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on getting something going for our European members. We know that the time difference is a hardship on some of you. hang in there! ~ Geezer.
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