Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Losing Hope

Our heart goes out to them
we want to help with
everything we have and more

So we dish out what we can 
and scrounge to find the rest
we juggle and do without
to provide as best we can

When times get better
we never expect to have to beg
to get our money back
because a loan is a loan 
unless there’s been a sudden
global outbreak of financial amnesia

Dishing of resentment
how dare we ask for what is due us
left hanging
dangling
like a sorry piece of meat

Just life offering us valuable lessons



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

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Gershon Wolf December 2, 2018 at 11:42 AM A wonderful man, who took me in from the storm (literally!) 31 years ago: "You are receiving this help because some day you will be in a position to do this for someone else." Amazingly enough, just two years later I was---for two 'orphans of the storm,' one for 5 months, another for 3, one right after the other...As the world turns...Ala your instructive poem. Kudos! ~ Gershon Line Gauthier December 2, 2018 at 5:18 PM Thanks, Gershon, for your most appreciated visit and comment.

M. L. Kiser November 27, 2018 at 7:07 PM I love this, "financial amnesia". A great poem filled with great compassion. Line Gauthier November 27, 2018 at 9:11 PM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, ML.

Timothy Mcguire November 26, 2018 at 7:32 PM Great poem. I've been there. I look at it a points stored in Heaven. Line Gauthier November 26, 2018 at 11:17 PM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment. And that is exactly why forgiveness is so important... holding a grudge just eats away at those brownie points.

Michelle Faulkner November 25, 2018 at 5:54 PM I think the best way to repay a kindness is to help another in need - very wise write, Line! Line Gauthier November 25, 2018 at 5:58 PM Thank you for your kind comment, Michelle.

Harry Horsman November 25, 2018 at 5:21 PM I Believe reading your poem, offers this reader a valuable lesson,,love this, Line.. Line Gauthier November 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM Yes... Blessed are those who are intelligent enough to learn at least SOME life lessons without going through hell. Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Harry.