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At His Side

he winces when he thinks i’m not watching his throbbing pain too hard to bear his tears tug at my heart his body twitches into aching spasm from stabbing stinging throbbing ache refusing to let up can’t lift a finger to slash his anguish i see him tortured it breaks my heart Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~CENSORED~ 2020 AP: 2nd place 2020 Posted on August 19, 2018

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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon

Date: 8/22/2018 2:38:00 AM

Dear Gauthier, I can feel your pains. Hard times never last. Best wishes, Adeniji

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 8/21/2018 12:31:00 AM

Been there, remember exactly what you are writing about. Your poem is so well written I could almost feel his pain.

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/21/2018 8:25:00 AM

Not a pleasant feeling. Hopefully an end is in sight.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/20/2018 5:23:00 PM

oh my, so heart felt, Line. It is awful seeing a loved one in pain.

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/20/2018 5:30:00 PM

Hard seeing my husband suffer. Especially with our tenth anniversary celebration weekend coming up with the out-of-town guests... Yikes!

Sylvia Coulstock

Date: 8/20/2018 11:56:00 AM

Line this is so beautiful and heart wrenching.It made me feel quite sad yet the love contained in it is so overwhelming.An emotional yet lovely piece. June x

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/20/2018 6:00:00 PM

Thanks for your lovely visit, June - you know that I'm going to want to call you Sylvia for obvious reasons....

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/19/2018 10:11:00 PM

I can just feel the anguish through the lines ... and btw, congrats on leading all of us in number of writes at 134. Bravo! ~ gw

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/19/2018 11:05:00 PM

Feeling helpless with my hubby out of commission with a sore back for two months already ! Not fun.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/19/2018 8:07:00 PM

Heartfelt, and sincerely sad, Line. We have probably all been there. I know I have. Sometimes the best thing to do is cry with someone, other times the best thing to do is to pointedly not notice. Only you know what is needed in each situation, and they are all hard as they all break your heart a little.

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/19/2018 11:08:00 PM

Thank you for your supportive visit and comment, Caren. Most appreciated.