A cathartic cry escaping lungs long-time loaded Pain languishing In hollow heart finally released Waterfall of tears washing away debris of dead love Harbored hopelessly until now, exorcised from a hateful hell Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Image by Cheryl Holt from Pixabay Bjorn is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with a Google List. I typed in "crying" and got this list:
I live life now as my inner child She who lived in secret for so long Never allowed to come out and play Words tied to her tongue left unsaid Perceptions wrong every time Assumptions skewed Questions unasked Until finally freed Now her poetry tells the story of who I am now Unafraid and fearless Forever young Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Sarah is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us to come and take a Poetic Selfie. We are to take a look in the mirror and write about ourselves so others might see who we are. Image by Ria Sopala from Pixabay
The stillness of night Soothing and gentle Erasing the sharpness of scathing words Still ringing in burning ears Moonlight caressing a bruised heart While a gentle salty tide bathes open wounds washing away hurt feelings A fool’s fool Gullible and naive Believing, hoping for a different outcome that never comes Once more walking off the pain of disappointment in search of serenity Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Sue Vincent’s weekly Write/Photo - Serenity Stream of Consciousness Saturday - Sharp RDP - Serenity
Haiku In between showers Flowers stand to attention Reaching for the sun Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Inside a secret sorrow Sharp stabbing pains of a bleeding heart Thoughts jumbled unable to form words Feeling drawn to this spot The stillness of the water was meant soothe The rambling hills Clear air to breathe and sadness to release But this was not the place to heal Raw memories suffocating Longing for the ocean and the salt life left behind To stare again at pewter skies streaked with tangerine Waiting for a setting sun to take away sadness To lay in cool sand As the night comes Sequined stars Dotting the sky Calming the soul It is time to leave Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Sue Vincent’s Weekly Write/Photo Word Prompts: Feeling - Word of the Day Spot -Stream of Conciousness Stars - RDP Ramble - FOWC
Silent beating wings fanning the evening air The ruby-colored hummingbird appeared to me again answering my prayer On this eve of nuptials I crave its gentle presence To feel a willing spirit Taste nectar of orchids Surrounded by its essence Marveling at its size in this world of strength A tiny creature of weightless power staying at my arm’s length I receive its courage propelling me ahead An aging fear of unknown gently eased from my mind with words left unsaid He took flight and I knew he would not return His work was done the path became clear and my worries to unlearn Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © In response to Sadje's What Do You See? Word Prompts Aging - Word of the Day Ruby - RDP Taste - FOWC
Geography of sands shifted by the storm forming a river through the dunes Water collected in a cerulean bay of calmness after the rage Angry winds sweeping seaweed and driftwood ashore Remnants of horseshoe crabs Laid to rest on a beachy grave Coffee-colored sea grasses Pliable and resilient Standing tall, now waving gently Resistant to the wind The ravages of nature’s anger Abolished Long gone leaving only silence Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © In response to Sue Vincent’s Weekly Write/Photo Word Prompts Coffee - Stream of Conciousness River - Word of the Day Cerulean Bay - RDP Abolish - FOWC
Tall grasses at water’s edge as green as limes Exotic blooms of lotus flowering abundantly time after time Protective trees shielding a sacred spot where serenity is found A place to regroup and clear the mind never hearing a sound Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © In response to Sue Vincent's Weekly Write/Photo Word Prompt Bloom - RDP
Arguments and battles aside Fighting words flying on wind taking patience its passenger Tempers calming into silence and stillness descending Lacking leverage a war lost A battle without a winner Exhausted and spent Peace is finally declared Empathy for enemy evident Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Patient - Word of the Day Empathy - RDP Leverage - FOWC
In the stillness of my mind there is no noise to confuse or mask thoughts Only peace and tranquility Allowing transition from a state of madness swathed in dark robes to pellucidity Where the light shines bright and unveiled Paving the way to concentration and meditation in solitude Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Bjorn is hosting D'Verse Poets and has prompted us to write about solitude. Image by Alain Audet from Pixabay