Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Nightly Vigil

silence
across the table
sat with him
dressed in black
in the death of night

while his world slept
they waited there
refusing to slip quietly
in the hush of night



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

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L. J. Carber March 9, 2019 at 8:58 AM Nicely done, very evocative, gentle, sweet, sad... Line Gauthier March 9, 2019 at 10:56 AM Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, LJ.

Caren Krutsinger March 3, 2019 at 9:43 PM Profound, prophetic and wonderful. A FAV for me, my friend. Line Gauthier March 4, 2019 at 7:54 AM Thank you so much, Caren. This poem is about my father.