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Song Lyric Sunday – Let’s Stick Together

I have to admit that Jim Adams and Song Lyric Sunday stumped me this week. He prompted us with Promise, Vow and Oath and nothing came to me. I was drawing a blank and even after searching the Ranker lists for titles of songs, nothing was really resonating with me. Then I came across thisContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Let’s Stick Together”

Wounded Soul – A Somonka

Wounded Soul Confused and lonelySearching for somewhere to hideAway from horrorI need to shut out the noiseand ugliness that haunts me   I can feel your painCome here where you will find peaceSpeak your words to meSo your wounded soul may healand your heart begin to rest  Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to MLMM’s SaturdayContinue reading “Wounded Soul – A Somonka”

Contagion

Contagion It came fromsomewhereUnexpectedand remoteInvisibleto the eyeMoving quicklyGlobally Devastatingall in its pathLeaving bodiesbreathlessHelplessThose it couldnot reachleft vulnerableand ostracizedLivingin solitudeCollaborationimpossibleStripped ofdignityand leftinevitablypennilessWho isto blame?A lessontoo latefor thelearning  Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word PromptsLesson – Word of the DayRemote – RDPCollaborate – FOWCImage by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay 

The Messenger

The Messenger I am Mercurybut I cannotconveymy feelingsto youA communicatortalking toa brick wallI speakand you heara foreign languageYou are deafto my wordsObliviousto my feelingsOne more roll of your eyesI cannot standWhen did youstop listening?When did youstop remembering?When did itbecome okayto disrespect me?When did I becomesuch an irritant?I am renderedspeechlessFrightened nowto use my wordsfearing theywill be misconstruedandContinue reading “The Messenger”

Birdsong

Birdsong Delicate creatures with a wayOf creating a glorious soundA chorus heard from bay to bay No sweeter a sound to be sung From creatures without any lipsAnd least of all an unusual tongue Before I speak my last wordOr draw a final breathI pray to hear the song of a bird Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©LauraContinue reading “Birdsong”

Daybreak

Daybreak Dawnkick-startsthe daydelightfully assaultingthe senseswith a conflation oflambent colors and shapesUnfolding slowlychanging witheach momentThe rising sunpushing backremnants ofnight’s darkness reflecting its imagein the mirrored lakeHeralding whatis to comeChristine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Sue Vincent’s Weekly challengeWrite/Photo – LambentKick – Word of the DayDelightful – RDPConflate – FOWCPromote Yourself Monday – Go Dog Go Cafe

Song Lyric Sunday – Give Me One Reason

The prompts for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, hosted by Jim Adams, are: Give, Get, Take, Receive and Send. There is a plethora of songs out there using these words in the title, and I’m excited about today’s responses to the challenge. I have chosen Give Me One Reason, by Tracy Chapman. I may haveContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Give Me One Reason”

Glimmering Glory

Glimmering Glory Walking in lateafternoon shadowsI see theSun’s goldenrays shootingarrows throughheavily ladenboughsof lush greenfoliageStreakingLaser beamsPiercingthe forest floorSpanish mosshanging indreadlockson ancient oaksmysteriousand beckoningThe lightand darkplaying trickswith the eyesas I am luredby the beautyExquisiteStunningin itsglimmering glory Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Bjorn is hosting D’Verse Poets tonightand has prompted us to write a listto help with ourContinue reading “Glimmering Glory”

Written in the Stars

Written in the Stars If the starscould speakthey would saylet the sun intoyour black heartSo it may lightyour way backfrom darkness Stop hiding in shadowsdisguisingyour cynicismand fearYou were only safeuntil the moonate the dark Its silvery sheencasts its lighton scarsof healed woundsFading in timebut no longerinfected byyour pain  Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Written in response to theContinue reading “Written in the Stars”