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 All Rights Reserved Words Prompts Mellow - RDP Wildly - Word of the Day Nourish - FOWC
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 Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Trick - Stream of Consciousness Shadows - RDP
Leaves whisper softly underfoot as a full moon illuminates the night sky Branches crack in the Autumn wind and tree trunks let out a painful sigh Misery resides in the night shadows waiting for its chance to consume Love lays dying in the darkness which no one will ever exhume Pain a burden carried in heavy hearts straining under the weight of sadness Tears fill empty, black, staring eyes masking the look of madness Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Lucy is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and she has promoted us with “Going Darker”
It hangs there in the space above you Like a threatening storm cloud that sits menacingly above the horizon as the sun bids its final farewell A brewing tempest of discontent throwing shadows on happiness and harmony Knowing a fearful torrent of anger will be released in a violent deluge A rainbow will appear only to show its bright colors for an instant before they run into a watery grave The sweetness of the day will be forever soured Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Written for: Sue Vincent's Weekly Write/Photo Word Prompts Space - RDP Sweet - Word of the Day Mish is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets
Anger is the fortress protecting you Words weaponized Becoming knives Wielded in fury Slashing the air Until they reach their target and blood is drawn Your victim shrivels as breath is sucked from the life of love Once held as a gift to you in her open hands Now in powdered ash Slipping through grasping fingers If only you could see beyond the fear She is your armor Protecting you with moral obligation To love you and keep you safe But blindness remains your disability Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Obligation - Word of the Day Shrivel - RDP Image by ArtTower from Pixabay
A warrior in her own marriage guarded and alert at all times Never knowing when the serpent would commit conjugal crimes Wondering how she arrived here he’d pulled the wool over her eyes Ludicrous that this could happen and no one there to hear her cries The more forceful his voice the less she would protest Succumbing to his superiority living a life oppressed Her words left unspoken as if language was banned a prisoner in her own body much more than she could stand Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Poem written for today's word prompts and not indicative of my own life 🙂 Prompts Ludicrous - Word of the Day Warrior - FOWC Ban - RDP Photo by Thibault Debaene on Unsplash
Bright silver moon Shine your light On poor souls Wandering In darkness of night Bewildered and confused Led like lambs to slaughter Forever Abused Plague ridden earth Unwelcome, infecting Blindly attacking Oblivious to race Cleansing, correcting Cruel and heartless Boundaries inconsistent Sucking air from lungs Drowning in phlegm The cure nonexistent Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Bjorn is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with the Plague Image by chris s from Pixabay
It came from
somewhere
Unexpected
and remote
Invisible
to the eye
Moving quickly
Globally
Devastating
all in its path
Leaving bodies
breathless
Helpless
Those it could
not reach
left vulnerable
and ostracized
Living
in solitude
Collaboration
impossible
Stripped of
dignity
and left
inevitably
penniless
Who is
to blame?
A lesson
too late
for the
learning
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts
Lesson - Word of the Day
Remote - RDP
Collaborate - FOWC
Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay
As darkness falls
who will light your shadows
when the moon
does not appear?
Fearful and afraid
of ghosts from the past
who will protect you?
It is still unclear
Who will guide
you with wisdom
through life’s
temporal minefields?
Lead you through
fire and fury
Harboring safely with
love’s assuring shield
As the sky lights
with daybreak
clarity and possibility
reign supreme
Anxieties wane,
fears subside and
unnecessary nightmares
become a daydream
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Sue Vincent's weekly Write/Photo challenge
Word Prompts
Wisdom - Word of the Day
Temporal - RDP
Possibility - JusJoJan
Promote Yourself Monday - GoDogGo Cafe
Why?
I ask
Yesterday’s
insanity
Was yet another nail in my coffin
You have now become the demon lover
a gilded cage
my prison
I am
trapped
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
OctPoWriMo Caged
I used double Tetractys form - 1,2,3,4,10.10.4.3.2.1
Word Prompts:
Yesterday - WotD
Insanity - RDP
The Demon Lover - Christine's Daily Writing Prompt
from Go Dog Go Cafe
