Poem of the Month – August 2019 – Repair

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Repair

To escape the chaos
that is you
I must find fortitude
Lashing back
is no longer an option
Needing solitude
 
I lose myself
in the secret garden
of my mind
Where I am calm
Healing can begin
and justice is blind
 
Floating on a sea
of mundane thoughts
Exorcising the discontent
Here I countdown
to the return of sanity
The storm to circumvent
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Prompts

Linda from Charmed Chaos is hosting Open Link Night
at D'Verse Poets tonight
Mundane - FOWC
Countdown - WotD
The Secret Garden - Go Dog Go Cafe

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Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

27 thoughts on “Poem of the Month – August 2019 – Repair”

  6. I like the juxtaposition in the first stanza of ‘fortitude’ and ‘solitude’, leading the reader to the secret garden of the mind.

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    1. Thanks, as always, Rob. You are always so kind with your comments and I always appreciate it 🙂💕

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  9. I love this poem. It really fits with the space I am in right now, and paints the hiding and withdrawal into personal healing with such stunning rhyme and rhythm. The seeking of peace.

    Like Jane, I love the use of the word circumvent, it frames the nautical/navigational theme so precisely and is a special little surprise that clicks the entire poem with a satisfying “Chonnkk, Fwaapp” (my phrase for something settling perfectly into some previously unknown open defect in my mind), at the end.

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    1. Lona, thank you so much. I really appreciate your kind words. It mens a lot 🙂💕

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