Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Love Is Grief

to give yourself to love
is to leave your heart
openly vulnerable
that someday
when you least expect it
you will suffer
the inevitability
of loss and pain
yet take the chance
that it may all be worth it



AP:  3rd place 2020

Submitted on April 22, 2020 for contest STRAND PICK B sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

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Ann Gilmour April 22, 2020 at 10:45 PM Such poignant words dear Line, but life without love is no life and despite the pain, love lives on in our heart forever. With kindest thoughts Ann xx Line Gauthier April 23, 2020 at 12:34 AM Thanks for your lovely visit and comment, Ann.

Panagiota Romios May 23, 2019 at 4:37 PM Great pholosophy, Line Wishing you well! Panagiota Line Gauthier May 23, 2019 at 4:51 PM Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, Panagiota.

Timothy Mcguire May 20, 2019 at 11:13 PM It is worth it, as the old saying goes, its better to love and lost than to never love at all Line Gauthier May 20, 2019 at 11:24 PM So very true, Timothy.

Gershon Wolf May 19, 2019 at 9:22 PM Yes! Love is a gamble, isn't it? We often leave ourselves unprotected... :) gw Line Gauthier May 19, 2019 at 9:53 PM Even if it does work out... in the end there is... an end.

Caren Krutsinger May 19, 2019 at 5:57 PM I am going along with Nina on this. Nina, you said it perfectly, so I ditto Nina. Line Gauthier May 19, 2019 at 6:09 PM OK I ditto my comment then, Caren. LOL

William Kelii Kekaula May 19, 2019 at 2:14 PM Yes, the experience of another heart being shared, oppose to a lonely heart, --nice one Line, Aloha wk Line Gauthier May 19, 2019 at 2:32 PM Thanks, William, for your much appreciated visit and comment.