Jim Adams has prompted us this week with Desire, Lust, Romance and Passion for Song Lyric Sunday. I think ‘love’ figures in there somewhere so I have chosen an old Peter Frampton song. He wrote and recorded it in 1975 but I much prefer this reggae-style version by Big Mountain from 1994. I hope youContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Baby I Love Your Way”
Author Archives: Christine Bolton
Broken Promises
Broken Promises Following every word of love spokenSavoring each syllable and sentenceLittle did I know my heart would be brokenand you would show no repentance We lay in splendor of verdant grassIn the beauty of a pastoral idyllMy world to shatter like crystal glassWhen in my head all things were bridal Believing all the things you saidIContinue reading “Broken Promises”
Green
Green Breathe in, breathe outyou’ll be okayKeep walking forward There is not much to sayIt couldn’t have beenany more awkward Yes, I am youngInexperienced in loveand still quite green But who could have known?that he was a man with a wifeand she caused a terrible scene She called me namesthat I know I am notwhile he stood there silent SpeechlessContinue reading “Green”
Replacement
Replacement You are lonely you say, but you are with meSettling for the status quo, you say, but you are with meYou are not where you want to beNot alone, but not with me Enamored with the thought of being with someoneBut not with me You had it once before, you saidBut not with meIs it aContinue reading “Replacement”
Tranquility
Tranquility As the evening suntakes its final breathof the daythe dappled grey skyedged in silverlights the way Silhouetted birdsflying high above theirdisappearing shadowsDarkness fallsand the moon risesover flowering meadows Cool evening airwith a gentle windrustling the treesSounds of the nightcalming and comfortingA natural tease Softly the rain comesdampening dried earthPaying penance to the sunBy first morning lightneeded nurtureContinue reading “Tranquility”
Rainbow – Haiku
Rainbow Sun and rain compete The transference of power Marked by a rainbowChristine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to Mind Love Misery’s MenagerieHeeding Haiku – RainbowImage by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Wherever You Will Go
Wherever You Will Go My childfrom long before I saw youI loved youwe were contiguousattached biologicallyand therefore emotionally We will always be connectedNo matter whereon this earth we will beI will feel your joyand also, your painYour blood coursing in my veins The one thing in my lifeof which I am proudgiving life to youSo you couldspreadContinue reading “Wherever You Will Go”
One Liner Wednesday
Good Wednesday morning! For this week’s One Liner Wednesday I found this funny for you. Have a great Hump Day!
Gypsy in her Soul
Gypsy in her Soul Cool sand beckonedat day’s endWalking barefootalong the shoreMuch needed,for her heart to mend Breeze in her hairFree as the birdsThoughts releasedup to the skyMind calmingNo need for words She paddledIn the watery poolsas Sandpipers chasedaway from the flowThe beach in the fading lighttwinkled like precious jewels Walking off the painas darkness fellThe gypsy inContinue reading “Gypsy in her Soul”
Poetic Tag “Twas Not, Twas”
Fandango, from This, That and the Other has tagged me in a funny Poetic Tag originated by Rory, A Guy Called Bloke. He started another one of his “Not Just My Verse” poetry blog hops. He wrote the first stanza, then passed it on to Paula of Light Motifs II and she sent it onContinue reading “Poetic Tag “Twas Not, Twas””
Poetry For Healing 