Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places In this junglewhere love hides deepcamouflaged from scrutinyand preferring to sleepHarmony is rationedfor all but a lucky fewKill or be killedin a game for only two Beware the predatorsStalking their preyLike lambs to the slaughterand so easy to swaySliding downa slippery slopeKnow that in the endThere is alwaysContinue reading “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places”
Author Archives: Christine Bolton
Powerless
Powerless Will your cold heart ever begin to thaw?Will it ever stop seeingwhat had gone before? Powerless andFrozen in timeRobbed of dignityA heinous crime Retribution or retaliationan impossible taskLady justice She wears the mask The ghosts from your pastStill hidden from viewNever knowing, just guessingWhat you went through Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:JusticeThawPower
One Liner Wednesday
Another Wednesday rolls round and today Linda G Hill has prompted us with ‘Duck’ for her One Liner Wednesday. Hope you enjoy this cartoon! Have great Wednesday!
Hot as Hades – A Quadrille
Hot as Hades The temperature spikedIt was 110 degreesA sweltering heatand still no sign of a breeze Flies on the skinsucking body sweatDogs panting loudlyRaindrops not a threat Overweight citizensfanning themselves furiouslyToo tired to speak andGoing nowhere dubiously Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to DVerse Poets Monday QuadrilleHosted by De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo)The prompt was “Spiked”AContinue reading “Hot as Hades – A Quadrille”
Unseen
Unseen A silent screamthat fell on deaf earsshe had becomeinsignificant A cry for helpthat no one hearsin misery she succumbsto her predicament A neglected and used soulHer heart trampleddown in the dirt Her melancholytakes its tollher neck strangledHer life now subvert Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Open At Your Own Risk
Open At Your Own Risk Love is joyous but sometimes it bleedsLove is complicatedand gets tangled like weedsSqueezing and squashingalways into your moldOur pieces don’t fit anymoreI am losing my hold Dare to open that boxit is not yours to lookCuriosity killed the catThat is all it tookYou have stolen the keyI was not ready to letContinue reading “Open At Your Own Risk”
Song Lyric Sunday
This week Jim Adams has given us the prompt “Animal” for Song Lyric Sunday. I had to think about this for a moment as there are so many to choose from and I do like a lot of them. Anyway I settled for a favorite by Heart called Dog and Butterfly. It was written inContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday”
Pining
Pining Fire in the heartkeeps burninglong afterthe love has goneIt is the candleburning brightfor youthat keeps meholding on Watching from the windowexpecting you to walkup the pathPretending nothinghappenedA figment ofmy imaginationYour avalanche of wrath Hopelessly piningfor the love youtook from mewhen you leftSaying I wasundeservingand leaving meforever bereft Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:FireAvalancheWatchPhoto by Charlie Howell on Unsplash FollowContinue reading “Pining”
Disconnection
Disconnection Passion reaching a dizzying heightStars bursting in the sultry nightTwo entwined bodiesglistening with sweatEach one breathlessly spent Slipping back into the forgotten gownThe temperature starting to come downEscaping into the darkness of nightHoping to forget allBy morning’s first light He had excited her like no one beforeCarrying her gently across the floorThrilling her with each caressMurmuringContinue reading “Disconnection”
Time Is Up
Time Is Up Exhausted and drainedGrown tired of the never endinggameNo more rocks in the pileCan no longer shift the blame Differences to rejoiceEmpathy and understandingto be restoredWalk to towards each otherAll avenues explored A time to cast away stonesand a time to gather stonestogetherIt is now time to forgiveAnd find the white feather Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Time Is Up”
Poetry For Healing 