In your shadowI existHaving lost myselflong agoContent to be thereloving youand being with youAs years go byI remember meThe vibrancyHow I’d turn headson entering rooms full with peopleSpeaking freelyI could spin a storyand amuseI would attractwith my voiceand laughterI had confidenceThis is how youfound meWere drawn to meI stayed with youand you becamemy private audienceNow,Continue reading “Who Am I?”
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Haiku for Healing
Sometimes a step back can help you move forward with more confidence
Song Lyric Sunday – Van Morrison
This week our host, Jim Adams, has given us another Brit Award to consider for Song Lyric Sunday. This time it is a song from someone that won the Brit Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Music. Well a quick run down of the list of winners in this category had my eyes stopping rightContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Van Morrison”
Haiku for Healing
Sometimes it takes twoTo share the burden of painUntil you’re ableCopyright © 2024 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights Reserved I am taking a week’s vacation and will be away from my blog. I will catch up with you all soon. 🥰
Haiku For Healing
Haiku for Healing
In the wilderness
Continually searching
For a way back home
Song Lyric Sunday – Someone You Loved
The Brit Awards are the theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. We are to choose a Song of the Year. I have picked Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi from the 2020 Awards. It is a lovely song with lyrics that tug on the heartstrings of anyone who remembers the pain of having lovedContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Someone You Loved”
With or Without You
We are stronger than we think.
Song Lyric Sunday – Alicia Keys
If I Ain’t Got You, the song, was inspired by the tragic loss of 22-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah who died in a plane crash in The Bahamas on August 25, 2001. Keys later recalled: “The song idea came together right after Aaliyah passed away.
Haiku for Healing
If you can be anything in this life, be kind.
Always With Me
When we lose someone it is hard to let them go. We can feel their presence all around us in things we see or touch. or in passing moments. These feelings are coping mechanisms and are found to bring comfort while coping with loss.
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