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Free To Face My God

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[ 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 and 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: 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 Date: 5/11/2021 5:28:00 PM Line, wonderful reading by your friend, and your poem is excellent, your talent is showing itself in beautiful ways, love _Constance Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 5/11/2021 5:32:00 PM Thank you very much, Constance ~ most appreciated

Eve Roper Date: 8/16/2020 11:05:00 AM Congratulations on your 1st place win in Brian's contest. Perfect for the contest. Hugs Eve Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 8/16/2020 7:59:00 PM Thank you very much, Eve ~

Unseeking Seeker Date: 8/16/2020 1:01:00 AM Superb! “shedding the weight of layers at his mercy” Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 8/16/2020 2:13:00 AM Thank you for your much appreciated visit and comment.

Carol Mitra Date: 8/15/2020 11:47:00 PM Soul searching and truly felt....Congrats. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 8/16/2020 2:13:00 AM Thank you, Carol ~

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/14/2020 7:05:00 AM Nicely done! Great emotion. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 8/16/2020 2:14:00 AM Thanks, Kim. Much appreciated ~

Doris Bounds Date: 8/13/2020 3:58:00 PM heartfelt and so sad,sometimes the broken can be mended,wishing you all the best... Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 8/13/2020 7:42:00 PM sad for anyone living in this much regret and pain ~ I suspect that is the story for many people who end up homeless.