Starting Over Emptying my mindFrom the clutter collectedEmotionally drainingCompletely dejected Discarding old habitsThe new broom sweeps cleanDismissing all negative viewsPositive thoughts are all I will glean The breaking of a new dawnBringing inspiration for another dayDreams of wishing and hopingOpen to receive come what may Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Tuesday Writing Challenge:Go Dog Go Cafe –Continue reading “Starting Over”
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Haibun Monday
January was named for Janus, the God of new beginnings and gateways, who had two faces. One looking back to the old year and the other looking forward to the new year. It is tradition that we cast away the trappings and events of the previous year and look forward to the new one withContinue reading “Haibun Monday”
Growing
Growing Their love immatureAllowing resentment to buildThey could not see the forestfor the lumber to be milledLike a motor revvingTheir anxiety up and downArguments were commonAlways a fight for the crownNeeding perspectivethey went different waysSpace across the milesAnd clarity through the hazeRemoved from the battlefieldA time to thinkA metamorphosis occurredAs they stood on the brinkRebornContinue reading “Growing”
Yearning
Yearning I saw you slowly changingFrom the man you used to beThe partner in my lifeNow void of clemencyYou no longer took prisonersWhen you went to warTrampled on the underdogTo settle any score I invented excusesTo explain your attitudeYour combative personalityCould dampen any moodIt was a riddle to mostWhat happened in your headA human conundrumNo oneContinue reading “Yearning”
Song Lyric Sunday – Medicine
Jims Adams is hosting this week’s Song Lyric Sunday as Helen Vahdati is taking a well deserved break. Jim has challenged us to come out with something pertaining to Doctors, Health or Medicine. Alanis Morissete’s Jagged Little Pill fits this prompt and it is a favorite of mine. I hope you enjoy it! LYRICS Oh,Continue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Medicine”
The Wall
The Wall The ice in your heart will not meltEven in a springtime thawingNor will the wall around you fallUnless you stop withdrawing In-between the bricks and mortarI search for the invisible gapHoping I might find a way inBut I fear that you will entrap You are a pillar of stoneThat will never crackCold, hard, impenetrableAll IContinue reading “The Wall”
Eyes Wide Open – Week #26
Good Saturday morning! I hope you all had an enjoyable week. Here are some of my iPhone photos taken while I was out and about people and nature watching. It’s amazing what you see when you have your eyes wide open. Enjoy your day! This cool looking Chameleon was in the pet store Pretty climbingContinue reading “Eyes Wide Open – Week #26”
Impromptu Haiku
My recovery Is living in gratitude And forgiving youChristine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Prompts:GratitudeForgiveRecovery Follow Poetry For Healing on WordPress.com (function(d){var f = d.getElementsByTagName(‘SCRIPT’)[0], p = d.createElement(‘SCRIPT’);p.type = ‘text/javascript’;p.async = true;p.src = ‘//widgets.wp.com/platform.js’;f.parentNode.insertBefore(p,f);}(
Loving Cup
Loving Cup – Sonnet Come drink from my silver cup of loveand taste the nectar of the godsListen to the coo of the mourning dovePerched on the bough defying the odds’The wine will relax your tenseness’Said he assuredly to the young maidenShe turned, aware of his immensenessHis weight the look of the heavily ladenShe acceptedContinue reading “Loving Cup”
Day and Night
Day and Night Beneath the dark grey cloudsThe brazen sun ignitedShining its light on the earthA sight to be delighted A flock of starlings scatteredLike a carpet shaken with might A climactic end of day Exhausting into the night Colors vivid and dramaticA wave of madness in the skySpiked like a feverOnly the moon knows why Waiting in the wingstoContinue reading “Day and Night”
Poetry For Healing 