Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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To Possess Your Heart

Careful what you wish for
Wise advice wasted on fools.

I recognize the danger signs
Yet rush in most willingly.

If only I’d be satisfied
In this blissful state of longing.

What’s sweet far exceeds
The aftertaste of bittersweet.

So why tempt fate with games
And long to possess your heart.

It’s best not to seek fulfilment
I don’t know why, I can’t say why.

I wish I could just hover in eternity
Dangle in suspended animation.

Hovering midway between here and there
And not take for granted this state of bliss.

Be freed of longing, somehow and forever.



AP: 2nd place 2022

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Timothy Mcguire February 28, 2022 at 11:46 PM Very wisely written, this describes the times in my life where I was hurt emotionally. like Elvis sings, "only fools rush in ". The heart loves who it decides to love. Line Gauthier March 1, 2022 at 9:15 AM Thank you, Timothy. Things seemed so simple in our youth ~