Our love rose in the fall of golden leaves, when
rough winter roots for gentle plants in spring.
We were planted in earth and grew and blossomed
When I pass, place a rose petal on my grave
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Hi ALM speaking like an old ELM tree there beautiful similitude... awe some write may be you should read my 'a place called home|' cheers
I know how you felt when you wrote this loving and beautiful poem. Some women are thrown out when they grow older and replaced with a younger model. When we are soul mates, we work together and 'do' life together. Your last stanza said it all. The poem captured my heart. 10 Karin Anderson