The only thing inevitable is change. We can fear it and go with it. Hate it or embrace it. We can’t change it.
Category Archives: Fear
Hidden Truth
Hidden Truth Scars and secrets hidden between layers of inflicted pain Breathing, suppurating Invisible to prying eyes Never to understand the burden of their weight To carry such load Requiring strength and fortitude that could mask agonies yet fear reprisal for unknown sins There but for grace go you Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton –Continue reading “Hidden Truth”
Fragments of the Unhinged
Fragments of the Unhinged No longer knowing what is going on in your head I question my own sanity Poor schmuck on the phone Just experienced baptism by fire How dare he cold call you? Busy work making lunch Pretending I don’t hear Silently praying for the poor soul The nurse rolls her eyes MirroringContinue reading “Fragments of the Unhinged”
Taboo
Taboo Thoughts of you are taboo and do not belong in my head Yet there you live always in my mind, confusing unsettling, disturbing An apparition giving relief only when vanishing With the never-ending promise to return and haunt once more Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Prompts BooContinue reading “Taboo”
Ghost
Ghost In fear my heart races as I pull the covers over my head and pretend nothing has changed What I saw was in my head It is not real, but imagined Through the bedroom window I saw you standing there Looking up at me Music played through the air carried along by a coolContinue reading “Ghost”
Daily Haiku – Sun. October 3, 2021
Haiku Regal King Penguins Standing majestically straight Incubating eggs Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters Wading in your shallow I see clearly what is there as I sidestep small pebbles without surprise Inviting, gentle and warm Safe It is when I venture into the deep A pool of uncharted waters I find myself in danger Below the surface in the blackness riptides and dangerous currents pull meContinue reading “Uncharted Waters”
Devil’s Fire
Devil’s Fire Your temper defines you and you have become its slave At these times no one can reach you to calm the devil’s fire raging out of control Love no longer douses the scorching hot flames of your anger Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Stream of ConsciousnessContinue reading “Devil’s Fire”
Moments Stolen
Moments Stolen A mellow feeling of contentment Nourishing body and spirit Experienced for no more than fleeting seconds before being wildly dragged from a euphoric state Assaulted by angry words of dissension Vilifying the soul Destroying harmony in rage because the moment was not theirs Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing AllContinue reading “Moments Stolen”
The Devil Within
The Devil Within In the shadows of the mind Vile thoughts reside in cavernous corners Tricking us Fooling us into believing there is nothing, only darkness But in the black they lay in wait until we choose to entertain them Throwing light Giving them life Until they inhabit our being with iniquity and hypocrisy CopyrightContinue reading “The Devil Within”
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