Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

We Live Life So Fast

At breakneck speeds
Escaping ourselves
In distress

Avoiding voids
Breaking silences
Fearing motionlessness

Afraid to be alone
With our feelings
With what’s inside

Deep within
Afraid it might engulf us
Implode on us

Realizing we’ve lived a lie
Afraid to face the unknown
To fall into that abyss

As ominous as
The fear of finding
A tinsel of Godliness



AP: 1st place 2022

Submitted on April 25, 2018 for contest END APRIL STANDARD sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

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Michelle Faulkner April 29, 2018 at 8:55 AM Says so much about modern life - very provocative - congrats on your win! Line Gauthier April 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Thank you, Michelle. Much appreciated.

Greg Gaul April 28, 2018 at 3:24 PM Lotsa great phrases in here. You must have been saving them up. Tied it all together into a crafty, winning verse. Congratulations. Sorry, I gotta run! Line Gauthier April 28, 2018 at 5:38 PM LOL. Thanks for your fun visit and comment, Greg.

Susan Gentry April 28, 2018 at 6:31 AM Congratulations Line on this win. Such great truths in this, we are the age of motion. There was a time I could never be alone... now I treasure those times. This is definitely a fave for me. Line Gauthier April 28, 2018 at 9:08 AM Thank you so much, Susan. Most appreciated.

Andrea Dietrich April 28, 2018 at 1:01 AM Just love that line: A tinsel of Godliness Line Gauthier April 28, 2018 at 6:12 AM Thank you so much, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich April 28, 2018 at 1:00 AM Whoo Hoo, girl. WE both got wins this time with our poems!! Congratulations. This one rocks. (I came downstairs to peek again at one of the contest's rules and noticed my win and was shocked) Thanks for your congrats. Line Gauthier April 28, 2018 at 6:12 AM Thanks, Andrea. I bet you slept well.

Caren Krutsinger April 27, 2018 at 10:19 AM Escaping ourselves. That is DEEP! Realizing we've lived a lie. PROFOUND! Fearing Motionlessness. TRUE, Line, so true! Poignant and true. Good luck in the contest, Line. Line Gauthier April 27, 2018 at 8:52 PM Thank you, Caren, for your much appreciated visit and comment.

CayCay Godwin April 27, 2018 at 4:16 AM Very profound and truly on point regarding the psychology of some people. It reminds me of my Monoku stating that many who wish to find themselves are too afraid of being lost. I suspect this write flowed easily on to paper, that your muse insisted upon it! All the best ... CayCay Line Gauthier April 27, 2018 at 6:46 AM Indeed, CayCay. Such a prevalent feeling. Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment.

Kurt Philip Behm April 26, 2018 at 10:09 AM What a great ending 3 lines. Powerful! Kurt Line Gauthier April 26, 2018 at 10:22 AM Thank you so much, Kurt. Most appreciated.

Elaine George April 26, 2018 at 7:05 AM Very deep one here! Line Gauthier April 26, 2018 at 8:39 AM Thank you, Elaine. I appreciate your visit and comment.

Gershon Wolf April 26, 2018 at 2:50 AM So true, Line...At age 22, just after graduating college, I vowed NOT to live life the way you so aptly described the way we live it...then at age 37 found myself, vow broken, in mid-life crisis...Well, since then, I haven't lived life too fast---and I consider myself the luckiest man on earth. I really do, and I really am...No fear here, dear!! :) gw Line Gauthier April 26, 2018 at 8:40 AM Awesome, Gershon. Thanks so much for your visit and comment.