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Daily Haiku – Sun. October 3, 2021
Category: Fear
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 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
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 Consciousness - Hot
Stolen Moments
Stolen Moments
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
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 Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Trick - Stream of Consciousness Shadows - RDP
Full Moon Madness
Full Moon Madness
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”
No Contest
No Contest
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
Blindness
Blindness
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
Unspoken
Unspoken
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
Hidden Enemy
Hidden Enemy
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