“The leaves of memory seemed to make a mournful rustling in the dark.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“A good friend is a connection to life-a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” – Lois Wyse
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Doucement
Gently
I shall carry those
Memories
From childhood
Without question
Or judgment
Locked securely
À mon coeur
As long as necessary
Garde –
Garde-
They rest silently
Protected
By all I have seen
And heard
As you are strong
Enough to consider
You only need ask
I stand ready
To bear witness
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Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Leaves of grass.
No, it is not Whitman.
Very beautiful – I love the mixture of French and English and the tone of this like whispering.
Thank you Sheila. Perhaps my french is improving. Some of the ideas now appear in french and I go with that. 🙂
I too, love the mix of language. It adds sonething, though Im not sure exactly what, but that doesnt matter.
This is quite powerful,your words are full of depth and feeling. All accompanied, of course, by the wonderful quotes.
Im not sure Ive ever experienced sanity! 🙂
Love
Christine xx
Christine, if you ever have any doubts about the existence of sanity, look around at those most vocal about being sane! 🙂 I do hear that sanity is highly overrated.
I hope you are feeling better? My thoughts stay with you.
Love,
Lea
xxx
I will continue to enjoy my insanity!
I am getting there very slowly thank you. . I dont feel anything like well, but today is better, so that gives me a hopeful feeling. A little more patience required yet!
Xx
I have plenty of patience as long as it is for someone else. With myself, someone inside keeps pushing… 🙂
Glad to hear there is some improvement.
XxXx
Lovely. “To bear witness” especially.
Thanks Holly. I believe real friends do that.
This is lovely Lea. As usual~
Thank you Cindy. Are you still traveling?
Did you know we now have 4 LCSW’s here in blogdom! I love it~
Alas, my degrees are in Psychology not Social Work. However, we do work in the same areas. 🙂
I love the combination of english and french. Somethings are just better in French!
Your poetry is so amazing…..simple, deep, and lovely.
Merci beaucoup Eileen!
For me, everything is better in French! Unfortunately, my skills are not there yet.
If you read a poem I wrote some months back, Les Mots, it explains how it happens. I didn’t get it myself until I read the piece.
There is a quote from a great writer that explained it to me, and meant so very much.
“I don’t know what I think, until I read what I said.” E.M. Forrester