Blind To Me Why don’t you see me I carry the flag for you How clear can it be I am neither a spectre Nor am I invisible Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts: Spectre Flag OctPoWriMo – Poem a Day #23 – See Me Photo by Lydz LeowContinue reading “Blind To Me – A Haibun”
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Vision – A Quadrille
Vision In the early morning light You are a vision without a care Long red hair tied up in a velvet ribbon Your green dress worn with flair You are playful in spirit and full of excitement To say you are beautiful is an understatement Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Continue reading “Vision – A Quadrille”
Betrayal
Betrayal You suck the sun from the sky and empty the clouds Draining life’s energy from the core Shaking death from its shrouds As each hour and day passes Your mood gains momentum This has only just begun Once you cross the Rubicon there’s no going back Influencing the outcome As you set the toneContinue reading “Betrayal”
Cuban Crisis
Cuban Crisis She was pulled towards the whiff of cigar smoke in the still night air Pungent yet sweet it was magnetic Luring her into the snare He stood in a cloud of the scented haze enjoying his vice She watched quietly for a few moments debating her own advice She had pretended interest inContinue reading “Cuban Crisis”
Enslaved
Enslaved For one brief moment I saw that glimmer of hope That comes with every sunrise Is this the day when I will no longer hear the words that chastise? Will this be the day Someone comes for me To lead me from the darkness So I can be free from thisContinue reading “Enslaved”
Song Lyric Sunday – Lost
Good Morning! Helen Vahdati’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt is Lost. I thought of Steely Dan and Ricky Don’t Lose That Number and went to Youtube to look for the video. Before doing so I did a quick search for “Lost” songs and came across this one called Lost Boy by Ruth B. It is from her debutContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Lost”
Just a Matter of Time
Just a Matter of Time It was sorcerous how she got there Touching the stone thinking of a forebear She was sent way back in time To a place long before Finding a love she wished for Feeling like it was a crime Living a life two centuries in yesteryear Forgetting a husband once soContinue reading “Just a Matter of Time”
Eyes Wide Open – Week #15
Good Morning! Just when I thought the temperatures were finally dropping, they spiked again with help from the heat index. I cut back on my running because I just couldn’t do it for very long this week and enjoyed some walking instead. Even on the coast we were at 99 degrees and these very highContinue reading “Eyes Wide Open – Week #15”
Assault
Assault His voice was husky With breath of whiskey In his eyes he took me I felt a shiver down my spine He had the look of a swine He thought he was a somebody His hands on my body touching My fists tightly clenching I wanted to retch Mauling me like an animal IContinue reading “Assault”
Patience
Patience I know what I want Saying it again and again Never materializing Always demoralizing This is insane In this life I’ve searched For you in my dreams I can visualize you And feel you Or so it seems It’s as if I actually know you We are already together Understanding eachContinue reading “Patience”
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