Healing Garden She followed the circled pathin the Healing Gardenas it was so calledHer desire for silence to let go of fearsshe noticed it was walled The bougainvillea spilledover with its deep pink blossomsA sight for tired eyesFragrant jasmine intertwinedwith tree foliageas if dropping from the skies Resting on the white benchShe drew peaceful energyfrom the surroundingsHer needContinue reading “Healing Garden”
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Sound of Silence – An Elfchen
Sound of Silence – An Elfchen SilenceThe soundis still goldenand my heart restsPeacefully Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to Go Dog Go Cafe’s Tuesday Writing PromptThe Elfchen is an 11 word poem written in 5 lines— Line 1=1word,Line 2=2words, Line 3=3words, Line 4=4 words, Line 5 =1 word.Lines 1 and 5 should not beContinue reading “Sound of Silence – An Elfchen”
Release
Release Finally, I find the strengthTo pick up the baggage I have kept for so longIt is now tied up neatly in a bundleHanging on to it was wrong Purging myself of your memoryInto the garbage it goeswithout another thoughtCleansing to my souland brushing away cobwebsWhat we had came to naught In this final releaseI forgive youfor all theContinue reading “Release”
Relaxation – A Quadrille
Relaxation Steep the fragrant blossomsIn oiland pluck the grapes from the vine Slice the ripe orangesAnd sweeten the wine Draw a bathof fresh scented rosesand reclinein its relaxant powerLie back closing your eyesand envisagethe Lotus flower Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©DVerse Poets Monday Quadrille with Mish – Prompt word Steep A quadrille is a poem with exactly 44Continue reading “Relaxation – A Quadrille”
Stillness
Stillness Finally, the oxygenfills my headand my breathingsettlesinto its naturalrhythmic sound The candle flickersand eyes closeMy brain slowlycalmsuntil I am at peacewhere it is always found Mind and bodyin harmonyOutside worldclosed offTranquilityall around The stillness rejuvenatesbody and soulClarity is the giftto myselfforI will not be bound Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to V.J’s Weekly Challenge #32Continue reading “Stillness”
Darkest Before The Dawn
Darkest Before The Dawn A collection of challengesStrewn on my pathwayTesting and tryingmy resilienceAnother dawn, another day Just when my heartCould take no more darknessA sliver of light peeksthrough the crackand lifts me from the starkness The cloud’s silver liningreassuring in the moment of fearProof that life is ever changingDecay and devastationDo not always cohere Christine Bolton –Continue reading “Darkest Before The Dawn”
Starting Over
Starting Over Emptying my mindFrom the clutter collectedEmotionally drainingCompletely dejected Discarding old habitsThe new broom sweeps cleanDismissing all negative viewsPositive thoughts are all I will glean The breaking of a new dawnBringing inspiration for another dayDreams of wishing and hopingOpen to receive come what may Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Tuesday Writing Challenge:Go Dog Go Cafe –Continue reading “Starting Over”
Growing
Growing Their love immatureAllowing resentment to buildThey could not see the forestfor the lumber to be milledLike a motor revvingTheir anxiety up and downArguments were commonAlways a fight for the crownNeeding perspectivethey went different waysSpace across the milesAnd clarity through the hazeRemoved from the battlefieldA time to thinkA metamorphosis occurredAs they stood on the brinkRebornContinue reading “Growing”
Abstract Thoughts
Abstract Thoughts My thoughts todaywill be abstractDeliciously twirlingfreedom to diffract Temptation will not comeI see only lightColors swirlinga rainbow of delight Escaping the prisonof my own mindPromising freedomfrom the confined Floating weightlesslyAcross the sky looking downReminding myselfIt is there I could drown Escaping responsiblyHolding on to my wordsFlying like an eagleAt peace with the birds Christine Bolton – Poetry forContinue reading “Abstract Thoughts”
Dreams
Dreams Once when things were perfectWe would fantasize hilariouslyMake up stories deliriouslyListing every aspectTo live in that cottage by the sea We had a goal in sightOur plans were not nebulousNothing we did was tenuousFor what we wanted we would fightIf anything, we were fastidious Our life full of adventureDreaming boldly and bigUntil you acted like aContinue reading “Dreams”
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