Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

I'm Not Me When I'm Blue

Stealth and insidious
Slithery venomous viper
Creeping inside my brain

Uninvited and pervading
Vile contaminating poison
Infecting my fragile sanity

Dropping that black canvas
Of all consuming darkness
When I least expect it

Inflating guilt and shame
Grounding smothering
Clipping wings and victimizing

So stealth and insidious



AP: 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 1, 2018 at 2:28 AM Thick and heavy and dark and paralyzing, SO well expressed. xomo Line Gauthier October 1, 2018 at 7:36 AM Thank you so much, Maureen, for your lovely visit and comment.

Tom Cunningham October 1, 2018 at 1:55 AM Funny how unpleasant memories seem to linger and supress our pleasant ones. Good luck. Tom. Line Gauthier October 1, 2018 at 7:37 AM Why indeed do they have all that power over us. Thanks for your lovely visit and comment, Tom.

Mahtab Bangalee September 30, 2018 at 10:58 PM scattered the atom of heart, O' rose, you've come with a cup of hemlock, I'm on the world dock, numbness syrup devours me slowly...!/// nice Line Gauthier October 1, 2018 at 7:39 AM Thank you so much for your delightful repartee of rich and lovely poetry, Mahtab.