Luring I am your muse Your creativity needs me I feel your love enticing Guiding me by whatever means Luring and mesmerizing Your tactile artistry Cries out to touch Feeling my skin So it may infuse energy to your hands Rendering delicious sin Take me to the heights of your madness Exhaust me with yourContinue reading “Luring”
Author Archives: Christine Bolton
Eyes Wide Open – Week #18
Good morning! I hope you had an enjoyable week. For part of my week I was in Washington DC enjoying some beautiful autumn colors and the opportunity to visit the Smithsonian’s African American Museum. Trust me it is not easy to get tickets. You have to be determined and diligent and once you have yourContinue reading “Eyes Wide Open – Week #18”
The Edge of Being
The Edge of Being She flirted with the ocean Standing on the rocks Daring it to dress her With its beauty Take her completely Into its arms And hold her down Until she could breathe No more She teased and begged For the attention Wishing to surrender To its power Her lover not receptiveContinue reading “The Edge of Being”
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget As I look from the train at the rolling countryside I see a highway of crosses Stark white against green A remembrance of losses Mile after mile of heartache In peaceful Normandy Graves of courageous soldiers Laid to rest with poppy wreaths The weight of nations on their shoulders Lives relinquished inContinue reading “Lest We Forget”
Holiday Hell
Holiday Hell An effigy of you is burning in my head Starved of attention and gaining momentum There is danger ahead Another holiday With sharing bread Full of apprehension Fraught with tension Wishing I was dead Insanity is doing The same thing over again Expecting different results After all weContinue reading “Holiday Hell”
Eviction
Eviction My world once full of color Is now monochrome There is a chill in the air Where sunshine once lived In the place we called home Your voice lingering still In the empty rooms Memories from the past Evicted so cruelly Now living in tombs Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Eviction”
One Liner Wednesday
Good Wednesday morning! It’s hump day again and time for Linda G Hills One Liner Wednesday Have a great day!
Free At Last
Free At Last As night turned into day the light in the dingy room depressed me more and I slipped beyond gloom Overcome with sadness my feelings I tried to repress Teardrops fell from my eyes and I was clearly in distress Through my moments of crazy I saw the parcel on the floor ItContinue reading “Free At Last”
Light Show – A Quadrille
Light Show In the Milky Way A sliver of the moon Winks in the sky Like a hook to catch A fish that might fly The night is glowing As stars dot the darkness Like a breadcrumb trail Brightening your way home On a galactic scale Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Light Show – A Quadrille”
Reassessment
Reassessment The chill in the room was Arctic but the exercise would be cathartic A time to think Away from the cacophony leaning on my philosophy to find the missing link Questioning your commitment and sounding flippant A familiar chime Needing space to mull things over To heal from this wretched hangover Just give meContinue reading “Reassessment”
Poetry For Healing 