Solace

Free Verse Poetry — The Never-Ending Poem Challenge

Deep in the forest all alone I thought I would find solace

But all I found Was sad memories Of when we would walk this trail together Planning our future Thinking anything was possible Never knowing That your end was so near And that our future would never come

Deep in the forest all alone I thought I would find solace

But what I found Was knowledge and wisdom If only I knew then what I know now Life might have taken a different path I would have paid more attention During the time we had And never, for even one day, Would have taken what we had For granted I would have treasured your presence And shown you every day Just how much you meant to me

Deep in the forest all alone I thought I would find solace

But what I found Was the perfect place To mount the plaque I purchased in your memory Maybe I can find solace here after all When I come back to this place Alone or with friends To visit the forest Where so many wonderful moments Were made into memories With you by my side

Deep in the forest all alone I thought I would find solace

And I did Because I know that you are here too Unseen Keeping watch Keeping me company as I reminisce

Rest in Peace, My Love

© 2020 Pamela Simmonds. All rights reserved.

What the heck is the Never-ending Poem anyway?

Martin Rushton started the never-ending poem. The challenge is to keep this going as long as possible. Write a poetic response using the prompt below, tag ten poets, add a new prompt, link this poem in, tag me and publish.

I am continuing this challenge by tagging ten new writers (and anyone else who wants to participate) to post their poem anywhere on Medium using my prompt.

Diane Twineheart, Emily-Jane Rafferty, Hannah Davies, Rick Chastain, Connie Song, Carolyn Riker, Dionne Charlet, benjamin weinberg, rhoda anne young, Tca Venkatesan PhD

Your prompt is : Dream.

See Connie Song ‘s response to the Dream prompt here:

See Tca Venkatesan PhD ‘s response to the Dream prompt here:

See benjamin weinberg ‘s poem using the Dream prompt here:

Keep it going and tag 10 of your favorite writers and create a different prompt. Tag me too and include the original never-ending poem in your post.

I was tagged by Radha Kapadia with the prompt — Death. Here is Radha Kapadia’s poem.

Pamela Simmonds writes from a quintastic perspective about her life experiences as a woman over 50 at her website www.aquintasticperspective.ca . She divides her writing time between blogging, developing fictional stories and writing a collection of memoir stories describing her colourful and often challenging life.