We Breathe As One My brother once again we are in this place of pain and hurt Nothing has changed Will it ever? My skin is still your skin My blood your blood My skeleton a mirror of yours Our biology identical We breathe the same air Our tears flow together in a stream ofContinue reading “We Breathe As One”
Category Archives: Pain/Sadness
The Other Side
The Other Side Hiding behind the mask I see you for who you are You, the benevolent one Generous because you can Money lights up the eyes of the taker Always hungry for more They see this side of you From here I see the other I know you better Cloaked in darkness TheContinue reading “The Other Side”
Sadness – Poem of the Month – September 2020
Sadness Another day bleeds into night as feelings of despondency once more hang in morbidity Excitement a faded memory of feelings long forgotten Eyes well with tears as the heart struggles to find it’s rhythm Love’s death a cross too heavy to bear and once more the darkness comes Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Sadness – Poem of the Month – September 2020”
Unhealed Wounds
Unhealed Wounds She saw herself again as a child and wept the same tears The horror of that day Carved in the mind Deep, open wounds that will never heal Still Haunting Residing within her like a parasite Eating away at her core Her so called surprise gift was that of domestic sexual abuse fromContinue reading “Unhealed Wounds”
Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster I kept quiet for so long checking my tongue and making silent screams Secretly hoarding thoughts into my own private stash Fatigued by the roller coaster of emotions that I navigate each day by just being the other half of you Some are better than others but mostly I am dragged behind hangingContinue reading “Roller Coaster”
Irreparable – A Quadrille
Irreparable Maintaining composure You cannot see what is really going on inside of me You see ambivalence no care to give I’m a broken vessel from the life I live The dark side called Unable to fix This soulless specimen got lost in the mix Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Irreparable – A Quadrille”
La Reine des Glaces
La Reine des Glaces The Ice Queen Coldness represented strength A hardened heart closed Inaccessible Once a princess In dazzling blue with emotions overflowing Tender and true Until Jack Ice doused her blue fire Leaving her with only a trail of tears Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Sarah is hosting D’VerseContinue reading “La Reine des Glaces”
No Voice
No Voice Listen to me please is all I ask Hear my words Let them resonate and you will learn about me For I have been forgotten My allusions unnoticed or disregarded Your guilt quickly and bombastically camouflaging the truth of what I say Silencing You spin it until unrecognizable You are now the victimContinue reading “No Voice”
Lying Eyes
Lying Eyes As this day begins with moody grey skies Dark thoughts of you filling me with such dread Remembering your words and lying eyes As you lay sleeping in this wretched bed How you have torn this life of ours to shreds What lies will you speak to me on this day For IContinue reading “Lying Eyes”
Blurred View
Blurred View Seeing the broken pieces of what is left of this fractured life laying before me I am unable to make sense of what is happening Uncontrollable tears blur my view It matters not what is presented to me but how I feel inside my heart Did I feel it slipping throughContinue reading “Blurred View”
Poetry For Healing 