This Was It

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I stood up to the plate
there was no way I wouldn’t give my all
I knew I would be tested with everything I had

there would be no makeover, no redo
this was it, the show stopper
the call for the performance of a lifetime

the final scene of the last act
be brave, it was now or never
it had finally all led to this

as loud as loud could be
I heard it in the silence of forevers
‘come on, give us all you’ve got’

and so it was I took my husband home
the hospital said the end was near
it was the final curtain call

his mind was tainted, not all there 
thankful the end hadn’t come more abruptly
make every moment count is what I heard

so it was I would prepare my love
much like for a formal wedding ceremony
for the moment I’d walk him through the garden
down that aisle right up to heaven’s gate



AP: 1st place 2022, 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on May 17, 2022 for contest THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE sponsored by JCB BRUL  -  RANKED 1ST

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Unseeking Seeker

Date: 7/15/2022 1:47:00 AM

Heart wrenching! God is watching. Congrats on your win, Line

Line Gauthier
Date: 7/15/2022 10:22:00 PM

Thank you very much ~

Ann Peck

Date: 7/14/2022 4:11:00 PM

It's good when we can have a chance to say goodbye. I love your last stanza especially.

Line Gauthier
Date: 7/15/2022 10:22:00 PM

Yes. So much to be thankful for.

Reason A. Poteet

Date: 7/13/2022 6:03:00 AM

Sweet thoughts, Llne.

Line Gauthier
Date: 7/14/2022 4:05:00 AM

Thank you so much ~

Paulette Calasibetta

Date: 5/21/2022 5:23:00 PM

Your words, your oration, and your brave heart to face your husbands “final curtain call”~ a tragedy you carried out with a dignified “performance”. I am moved to tears. Good Luck in the contest. :)Paulette

Line Gauthier
Date: 7/14/2022 4:04:00 AM

Thank you very much, Paulette ~