Good morning! Another week has flown by and it’s time for Linda G Hill’s One Liner Wednesday. This old cartoon is definitely good for a laugh! Just a reminder that Wednesday will always be Hump Day. Here is that funny Geico Insurance ad featuring the camel. I laugh every time I see it! Have aContinue reading “One Liner Wednesday”
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Darkest Before The Dawn
Darkest Before The Dawn A collection of challengesStrewn on my pathwayTesting and tryingmy resilienceAnother dawn, another day Just when my heartCould take no more darknessA sliver of light peeksthrough the crackand lifts me from the starkness The cloud’s silver liningreassuring in the moment of fearProof that life is ever changingDecay and devastationDo not always cohere Christine Bolton –Continue reading “Darkest Before The Dawn”
Change – Quadrille
Change A change is as good as a rest and the Leopard can’t change his spots A change in the weather is like changing your socks You can change your tune and change your mind Now isn’t that strange The only thing inevitableis change Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©D’verse Poets Pub – Hosted by WhisyGizmo – Quadrille on ChangeA quadrille isContinue reading “Change – Quadrille”
The Library
I looked up from the bookand rubbed my eyesEngrossed in the mysteryit had taken me far awayto a place I could visualize I imagined a worldso different from hereWhere pigs could flyand horses could singand humans had no fear The sea was pinkand the sky was greenTrees were upside downFlowers were all blueand there was no needContinue reading “The Library”
Fight to the Death
Fight to the Death You were brave and strongValiant and proudI loved you deeplyTo you I was avowedYou fought for my heartand lost your lifeYou gave everythingTo take me as your wife My life without purposeNow you have departedI wander aimlesslyLiving broken heartedI leave this roseto honor your emotionThe price you paidThe ultimate devotion Christine Bolton –Continue reading “Fight to the Death”
Song Lyric Sunday – Laughing
This week’s Song Lyric Sunday theme is Laugh/Laughter/Laughing, again hosted by Jim Adams. I found this a tough one. There are plenty of songs out there with Laugh in the title, but none of them were speaking to me. I did however find this one sung by Aretha Franklin which I liked. It’s called “LaughingContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Laughing”
Go with the Flow
Go with the Flow Love flows like the riverMeandering slowlyand raging rapidly Over life’s obstaclesAlong the way attractinginsignificant annoyancesand heated argumentsLatching on like barnacles In its wild torrent it will break your strengthand splinter hopeLeaving memories that stingWhen it is calm and stillAt its deepest pointThat is where the love is strongand this is where to cling Unimportant disagreementsNeverContinue reading “Go with the Flow”
Eyes Wide Open – Week # 27
Another Saturday morning rolls around and time for me to share some more iPhone photos as I go about my daily business of connecting with the world around me. These are all just random shots of things that catch my eye. I find them interesting but they do say beauty is in the eye ofContinue reading “Eyes Wide Open – Week # 27”
Mementos
Mementos They are saved in a boxHidden from viewThey come out now and againwhen I am feeling blueYour letters from long agoand photographs of oldeach has a memoryand a story to be told Promise of somethingHopes for everythingGoals to accomplishMaybe a wedding ringBut our love was too weakand you began to strayInfluenced by an enmityI knewContinue reading “Mementos”
Waiting For You
Waiting For You Where feathers flutter to the earthand the bamboo reaches the skyOn the morning grass covered in dew Where the hedgerows are linedwith wild flowers intense with colorThat’s where I will wait for you Where the sun sets on the horizonand the rain falls into the streamIn the forest where moonlight peeks through Where the sunlightContinue reading “Waiting For You”
Poetry For Healing 