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Who Were You Erica?
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Who Were You Erica?
By La Belle Rouge

a solitary wooden cross keeps watch
over the roadside where you died
passing it so often I wonder..
who were you Erica?

only eighteen years, so few years
no time to really find yourself
and then you were gone
only a woman-child

were you ever in love, brokenhearted?
did you dance in the spring rain?
were you loved, Sweet Girl?
were you happy?

someone loved, missed you, enough to
place red flowers in remembrance
now fake flowers are faded by
five years of sun and snow

who were you Erica? are you forgotten
as if eighteen years have vanished?
or is it too painful for those who
love you to visit here?

each time I pass that wooden cross
I pray, “God bless those who
loved Erica and planted
her memory here"



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 Reviews of "Who Were You Erica?"
Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on January 9, 2010
Belle, your heart pays tribute in rhetorical verse my friend -- Erica, to most passers by, an enigma -- a deeply passionate response to a lonely roadside cross Belle -- peace and love be always with you -- Jon Michael

Reviewed by Carole Mathys
Reviewed on January 7, 2010
This one brought instant tears, you see there is one like that on a road in my county with my son's name on it...

Reviewed by Joel Sattler
Reviewed on January 7, 2010
Those roadside memorials always get to me, too....


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Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on January 7, 2010
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORDS FROM KIND HEART!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on January 7, 2010
Time passes and yet her name it can't delete, not if a poet soul keeps the flame of the memory alive!

Georg


Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Oh how painfully sad this is, so young, too young in a split second gone forever. We have a few crosses here, they are all painted white and it really catches one's attention every time we pass by. Another life lost, what would they have become, but God called them all home...

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
this is a beautiful rememberance and tribute-so heart felt

Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
So sad, Belle, 5 years. Damn. It's a shame. Bless those who loved her. And you Belle who brought her back to life for us. Liz

Reviewed by Christine Alwin
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
May her memory live on..my brother was robbed of life at just 21,,, I appreciate your poem

Reviewed on January 6, 2010
So many markers Belle, so many forgotten, but not by you, a true Mensch you are, with this poem you reached her a boquet of forget-me nots. Hugs! Jasmin Horst

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
It is always so sad when life is robbed from youth and leaves only memories and tears in it's place.
fee

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
LaBelle,
This is the writing of a poet with a great and deep heart and a caring soul; the evocations are so right, just so right.

John

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
A most soul-stirring write, Belle. Your compassion shines. Love and best wihes,

Regis

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Belle
This beautifully written poem yet so sad,
composed with heartfelt compassion
is a very creative write concerning a subject
no one ever seemed to talk about until you
brought it up to light making your readers think.......

I must say I never wondered of those poor souls the crosses
by the side of the road represented, now you have opened that door
to the consciousness of those driving by.....

I will never again look at roadside crosses the same
with disregard of those who lost their life and why....
Love & Peace be with you

William

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Well done, La Belle. God bless.

Reviewed by John Bidwell
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Planted by the side of the road like a seed.
Love bloomed here today.
We can wonder together about angels.

John

Reviewed on January 6, 2010
there are far to many lost lives
too many roadside crosses...
In Heartfelt Stillness...
Vickie

Reviewed by Darryn Murphy
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
beautiful write

Reviewed by J'nia Fowler
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
A poignant and loving poem to an unknown girl to you but a loved one of others. Well done.

Reviewed on January 6, 2010
If Erica had no one else to remember her, you did, in a beautiful, heartfelt eulogy. Well done, La Belle.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(

Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Sad one today, Belle; powerfully penned!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :(

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Timeless Eulogy...here's to the gravemarker and the spirit of Erica...Belle, your perceptions do us proud...

Love,
Sage

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Yeah, so many of these crosses dot America's landscape. Usually the loss of life can be directly attributed to driving while drunk.

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on January 6, 2010
Truly heartfelt, La Belle. And besides those who place those flowers, you honor her well.


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