Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Malaise

eroded brawn
his shoulders rounded

curved by the weight of time
exposing years of ache

a wound so deep
a man too broken 

devoid of pride
submerged in shame

bitten by remorse
the victim of malaise

his inside
forever weeping



AP: 3rd place 2025

Submitted on January 12, 2021 for contest PODIUM PLACING PROMISE (7) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

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Gershon Wolf March 3, 2019 at 1:22 PM Can see it, can feel it,... have lived it to a lesser extent. Resonates totally with me. Bravo, Line. ~ Gershon Line Gauthier March 3, 2019 at 2:03 PM Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, Gershon.

M. L. Kiser February 28, 2019 at 7:24 PM Sad, painful for him; beautifully handled. Line Gauthier February 28, 2019 at 9:00 PM Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, ML.