Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

I Didn't See

Calm on the outside
Anything but on the inside

Mysterious
Hoped we had a bond
But I missed my chance
I didn’t understand
What you hid deep within

You hurt You cried
Deep on the inside
I couldn’t see
I couldn’t help

I was an outsider
My hands were tied
I couldn’t see
I couldn’t help

Then you lashed out
At everyone
Including me
Most especially because
I didn’t see
I didn’t help


AP:  Honorable Mention 2020

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Andrea Dietrich April 22, 2018 at 1:01 PM Also my birthday on this one!!! Line Gauthier April 22, 2018 at 2:04 PM I'm really bad at remembering birthdays. I'll say Happy Birthday now early for next year, Andrea! LOL

Andrea Dietrich April 22, 2018 at 1:00 PM I really like this, how you repeat: I didn't see. I didn't help. It makes me really curious to know the situation. It has a feeling to it of such regret and helplessness Line Gauthier April 22, 2018 at 2:02 PM It was a little girl telling me how she wished I was her mother...