Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Let's see you weasel out of this one

You're just an overgrown adolescent
who doesn't plan on becoming an adult.

Do you understand that at this stage
I don't care who's right or wrong.

You've been walking on thin ice and
pushing your luck's not a great idea.

Do you even have a master plan?
Or a semblance of an end game?

I just shake my head.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

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sara Etgen-Baker December 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM mind boggling isn't it???! Line Gauthier December 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM lol

Andrea Dietrich December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM Youth is wasted on the young. I can see this here at my own house now that my daughter and her three adult kids live with us . The oldest isn't motivated to make anything out of himself. He is on the spectrum and it's so sad. Even the one girl has no clue what to do with her life but at least she is working . They all three work. I hope one day they have decent careers Line Gauthier December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM What I find most fascinating to see is when -overnight- something happens to them and their life suddenly seems to have meaning and they surprise you. So there is hope, you just have to be patient.

William Rodriguez December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM I know the feeling of reaching the absolute threshhold and it is as sharp of a zeinth this poem is sharp as chedder hold the cheesy! Great read and fantastic work! Line Gauthier December 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, William.

Yann Rolland December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM so thoughtful and helpful poem, taking care of a child is not an easy task wishes Line Gauthier December 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM Thanks, Yann ~ have a lovely day