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Dead End

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Dead End

In reflection
I see beyond the sorrow 
Mourning the loss of future
but understanding the past 
You were the road I had to travel
A journey with a twisted path
of excitement and mystery
but paved with potholes
and eventually a dead end

Why did I have to travel
along this way 
and not another?
Not understanding it then
but now in retrospect 
realizing the burden was
placed on my back with a purpose
That I might learn
to see the warning signs 


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It is Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets
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Free as a Bird

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Free as a Bird

I run like the wind, for my wings are clipped
My spirit beaten, but it is not dead
and you cannot kill it
This bond was unexpected and fierce
A connection steeped in culture 
With deep feelings
Strong like the Oak
But you must know
I will never be your possession
I live in peace within my soul
My free will is my life breath 
Accept me for who I am


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All Rights Reserved

Word Prompts

Run - Stream of consciousness
Unexpected - RDP
Open Link Weekend - Earthweal
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The Music in Me

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The Music in Me

I hear an old song
as if for the first time
Words beautiful
Resonating deeply
Taking up residence
in my head
Playing over and over
taking me to places
I have never gone
The music hypnotic
and lyrics
touching my soul
Inspiring my own
poetry in motion
Compelled to write
of the visions that dance
in my head
Round and round
in circles spinning
Spherical objects
floating in air
Lifting me 
Taking me
away
 
 
Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Merril is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight
and has prompted us with 'Connections'

'For this prompt, I want you to think about
connecting or connections—in any sense.
It could be connecting ideas, connecting
historical moments, or your own connections
with people, places, nature, or art'

I recently participated in a music prompt of
'Circles' from another blog and chose the song
Windmills of your Mind. It is from the movie
remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.  For some
reason I could not get it out of my head, so
I guess I connected with it. I'm sharing it below.

Image by freeillustrated from Pixabay

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Faces

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Faces

Faces forming
in fluffy clouds
clearly visible
to the mind’s eye
Is it only I
who can see
and be the subject
of mockery?
 
The pareidolia 
of creative sight
whether the surface
of the moon
or the trunk
of a tree
Is it only I
who can see?

 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Word Prompts

Mockery - Word of the Day
Pareidolia - RDP

Photo by Michael Weidner on Unsplash
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Veneer – A Quadrille

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Veneer

Full of bluster
and confidence
but you were broken
when I found you
 
As I peeled away
the layers of
your thick veneer
beneath was
a wretched soul
 
Beaten and bruised
by life’s tragic sorrows
A product of your
environment
You took no prisoners
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Wish is hosting Monday Quadrille at
D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted
us with the word 'Peel'

A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words
excluding the title

Go Dog Go Cafe  Promote Yourself Monday

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay 
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Negativity

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Negativity

Negative thoughts taunted
In my head, not amusing
Appearing, unwanted
Leaving me daunted
Muddling and confusing

Forcing me to search
So easy to find out about you
Feeling my heart lurch
Looking for a smirch
It is there for everyone to view

I see your life lived like a fool
Old lovers and ex-wives, 
Such a collection of jewels
Like a pack of old mules
and as blunt as rusty knives
 
Then I see you as superior
Leaving me tormented
Feeling inferior
Mostly ulterior
By that which is presented
 
Fresh as the morning dew
there with a younger love
a good match for you
You are stuck like glue
Your hand inside her glove

Where is the gravity
that pulled us together
Lost in my negativity
Slipping down the declivity                   
Always breaking the tether

 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Grace is hosting Open Link Night
at D'Verse Poets

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
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Inside Out

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Inside Out

I am on the outside
looking in
and do not like
what I see
You can be quite
a bitch I notice
Are you for real
or are you just me?
 
What is it with you
and this attitude?
Are you wishing
to self-destruct?
Get out of
your own way
Or do you just
want to obstruct?
 
Stand in my shoes
for a while
and get to know
how it can feel
You’re a piece 
of work
Leaving scars 
that may never heal
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Bjorn is hosting at D'Verse Poets tonight
and he has prompted us to change our
perspective in writing our poetry.  I chose
to get outside of myself and look back at
me from a different perspective.

Image by AuraImbarus from Pixabay 
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Destination Unknown

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Destination Unknown

The road seems less clear
when standing so far away
Daunting and dark
thick with fog
but what does it portray?
 
Fear of the unknown
Darkness and mystery
Yet a road going forward
Not a path back
into history
 
The journey is the prize
Taking the first step brave
Travelling unburdened
Leaving anxiety behind
Refusing be its slave
 
No mountains to climb
Or rocks to chip away
Pathway uncluttered
Misty and unknowing
Your future’s causeway
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Sue Vincent's Write/Photo Challenge - Destination

Word Prompts:

Mountain - Daily Addictions
Chip - WotD

Go Dog Go Promote Mondays
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Who Am I?

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Who Am I?

In your shadow
I exist
losing myself
long ago
Content to be here
loving you
and being with you
 
As years go by
I remember me
The vibrancy
How I’d turn heads
when I entered
rooms full with people
Speaking freely
 
I could spin a story
and amuse
I would attract
with my voice
and laughter
nightly
Excitement!
 
This is how you
found me
Drawn to me
by a magnetic pull
and here I stayed
with you as
my private audience
 
Now, no one knows
my name
I am seen
but no one sees me
Sometimes
I feel the strain
Who have I become?
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Prompts:

Nightly - WotD
Strain - RDP
Speak - Go Dog Go Cafe

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