Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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Free To Face My God

[ credits to LAURENT YVAN from France who read my poem ]



"Though I freely walk these streets, sometimes I'm mentally confined
Yesterday, today and tomorrow seem forever entwined
When I think I'm moving forward somebody pushes rewind
Gone are the bars in the windows, but not the bars in my mind" -RhymaRhyma


 
they cut me loose
free to roam about the earth
a castaway a loner
me with my troubled thoughts
my shame my regrets

cursed with a past that haunts me
a shadow I simply cannot shake
the constant nagging reminder
of my remorse my burden
the debt I’ll never be able to repay

so I wander and let time try to heal
the broken man that I’ve become
guiding me down secluded paths 
far from everything and everyone
where I seek nature to face my god
shedding the weight of layers at his mercy



AP: 1st place 2026, Honorable Mention 2020, Honorable Mention 2025

Read on air by invitation  ~  September 4, 2020  'LATE NIGHT POETS'

Submitted on August 13, 2020 for contest STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (22) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

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Constance La France May 11, 2021 at 5:28 PM Line, wonderful reading by your friend, and your poem is excellent, your talent is showing itself in beautiful ways, love _Constance Line Gauthier May 11, 2021 at 5:32 PM Thank you very much, Constance ~ most appreciated

Eve Roper August 16, 2020 at 11:05 AM Congratulations on your 1st place win in Brian's contest. Perfect for the contest. Hugs Eve Line Gauthier August 16, 2020 at 7:59 PM Thank you very much, Eve ~

Unseeking Seeker August 16, 2020 at 1:01 AM Superb! “shedding the weight of layers at his mercy” Line Gauthier August 16, 2020 at 2:13 AM Thank you for your much appreciated visit and comment.

Carol Mitra August 15, 2020 at 11:47 PM Soul searching and truly felt....Congrats. Line Gauthier August 16, 2020 at 2:13 AM Thank you, Carol ~

Kim Rodrigues August 14, 2020 at 7:05 AM Nicely done! Great emotion. Line Gauthier August 16, 2020 at 2:14 AM Thanks, Kim. Much appreciated ~

Doris Bounds August 13, 2020 at 3:58 PM heartfelt and so sad,sometimes the broken can be mended,wishing you all the best... Line Gauthier August 13, 2020 at 7:42 PM sad for anyone living in this much regret and pain ~ I suspect that is the story for many people who end up homeless.