Category: Fear

Blog, Fear

Hidden Truth

by  • 

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 - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Lillian is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse tonight.  Click on the link to read works from fellow poets around the world.  You can also join in 'Live' on Saturday and read your work or listen to others.  Join us!
Blog, Fear

Fragments of the Unhinged

by  • 

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
Mirroring mine
She understands

Maybe time to ask for medication 
Tomorrow it will likely be my turn 
To bear the brunt of your anger

Call the doctor later
When the coast is clear
Don’t forget, don’t make excuses

Wondering how much longer
This can go on before
Someone other than you snaps


Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Laura Bloomsbury is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and she has
prompted us with Fragmented Poetry.

Image Pixabay
Blog, Fear

Taboo

by  • 

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

Boo - Stream of Consciousness 
Apparition -  RDP
Blog, Fear

Ghost

by  • 

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 cool breeze

Shivering at the sight of you 
I recoiled, shrinking back to my bed
It is not you, it cannot be, I won’t let it be
I forbid you enter my thoughts
and invade my dreams 

Yet you taunt me with your presence
An apparition stinging old wounds
Still open, raw and unhealed
A ghost from my past
who refuses to die


Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets

Prompts

The Bedroom Window - RDP
Music - FOWC


Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen on Unsplash
Blog, Fear

Uncharted Waters

by  • 

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 me in opposing directions
 
Confusing and taking breath
I hit rocks with flailing legs
Left bloodied and bruised
Out of my depth
I cannot survive the unknown
and your tide consumes me
 
 
Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay
Blog, Fear

Devil’s Fire

by  • 

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 Consciousness - Hot
Blog, Fear

Moments Stolen

by  • 
attentive woman behind wet glass wall in shower
Photo by Francesca Zama on Pexels.com

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
All Rights Reserved

Words Prompts

Mellow - RDP

Wildly - Word of the Day

Nourish - FOWC
Blog, Fear

The Devil Within

by  • 

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


Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

Word Prompts

Trick - Stream of Consciousness 
Shadows - RDP
%d