Stars of night sky casting light on my darkness Rogue thoughts rush through Unclear Disorienting No longer adept in finding clarity my mind encircled by rings of luminescence Trapped in a vice-like squeeze Where words lose their form and sound falls into the chasm of dissension Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Ring - Stream of Consciousness Rogue - Word of the Day Luminescence - RDP Adept - FOWC
Navigation to your mind Ominous Unknown Daunting A journey to the unknown Where roads become twisted veins confusing and uncertain Some carrying me onward in a flowing sea of blood pumping life to your brain and others dragging me down into a coagulated mire Drowning in uncertainty Traveling blindly A wrong turn dangerous unforgiving Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Linda from Charmed Chaos is hosting Open Link Night at D’Verse Poets
I am Mercury
but I cannot
convey
my feelings
to you
A communicator
talking to
a brick wall
I speak
and you hear
a foreign language
You are deaf
to my words
Oblivious
to my feelings
One more
roll of your eyes
I cannot stand
When did you
stop listening?
When did you
stop remembering?
When did it
become okay
to disrespect me?
When did I become
such an irritant?
I am rendered
speechless
Frightened now
to use my words
fearing they
will be misconstrued
and weaponized
to fight against me
Don’t shoot the Messenger
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
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As I watch
my world unravel
before my eyes
I am paralyzed
unable to move
Incapable of stopping
what is already
in motion
How can one instant
change what is
chiseled in stone?
A look, once of love
now that of contempt
Foreign, alien
Tender words
explosive, weaponized
One person’s
prerogative
sabotaging
what was precious
Destroying happiness
and for what?
Sadistic pleasure
or masochism?
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
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Word Prompts:
Foreigner - Word of the Day
Explosive - RDP
Prerogative - FOWC
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I find myself longing
as we struggle
to stabilize
For those days
when there was
nothing to compromise
Going here and there
our excitement unbridled
We traveled the same road
Stumbling now and again
but always together
Carrying each other’s load
A life-changing event
so random
it was hard to believe
Neither of us
saw it coming
Difficult to conceive
Now we wander
in this wilderness
of perpetual confusion
Choosing solitude
Pushing the other away
Living life in seclusion
How do we
find our way back
to the way it was before?
Connecting with each other
is the key to opening
hearts once more
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word prompts:
Key - Stream of Consciousness
Excitement - RDP
I heard the silent meow
Felt your claws in my back
Words of spite
Thinly veiled
With that grubby sack
Was it necessary
To be so cruel
Not knowing me
Or ever spoken to me
as you gather your fuel
What do I represent
that you have this need?
To lash out with barbs
and scratch with rust
A hunger you must feed
Damage control
easy for me to handle
The pain is all yours
I am sorry, for you
will face the scandal
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompt:
Damage - FOWC
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You were inside my head
reading thoughts like an x-ray
Obedient to you no more
I escaped and ran far away
But you lured me back
with your bait and switch
and before I knew it
I was kissing the witch
I am putty in your hands
Weakened and malleable
Soaked like leather
until I am pliable
Stretched to the limit
on the verge of breaking
I am your conquest
and my heart, it is aching
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompt
Obedient - WotD
Switch -RDP
Xray - Daily Addictions
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Like a pebble
Dropping in the lake
Creating never ending circles
as does your love
Wrapping around me
Drawing me back
Into the zone of danger
It was as if written
we belonged together
But when one agenda
differs from the other
Holding in hostage
Then that isn’t love
It is you, a stranger
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Zone - WotD
Pebble - RDP
Written - FOWC
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She did not scout
the darkness
Allowing it to lure
her into the passage
of time
Realizing
there was no going back
Bait and switch
Trapped forever
living in the past
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Scout
Passage
Switch
Trying to untie
the macramé
of my thoughts
Knotted every
which way
Tightly bound
and resistant
to my attempts
All I can do is hope
for a fray
The more
I struggle
the more it stings
Words no longer
coherent
A jumbled mind
looking for release
from this
cloud covering
obscurant
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Prompts
Sting
Coherent
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