Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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The colour of greed

How is it that greed
corrodes thus the heart
that so many are willing
to compromise thoughts of afterlife
so easily discarding aspirations
for eternal peace ?



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

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Gershon Wolf July 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM But isn't modern man taught that he can have it all now? Line Gauthier July 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM You mean buying a place in heaven on credit?

Jeanette Swan July 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM The lie of self-sufficiency deceives... or the anxiety of deficiency? Line Gauthier July 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM Either way, greed is an ugly thing ~