It Takes Two To Tango A tango of emotions in my heart My nervous system runs on high alert and my mind feels like it was struck by lightning Your magnetic force is like rubbing against sharp edges of bad feelings Revelations come rushing in I have had enough Copyright © 2020 Christine BoltonContinue reading “It Takes Two To Tango – A Quadrille”
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Wet Blanket
Wet Blanket Grey, blanketed sky mirroring the day’s mood Dreary and dull The sunshine of a smile hidden by a depression The inevitable rains come Drowning sorrows not before the rays catch fire Burning the clouds and mixing a rainbow Coloring a world deprived of joy Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Continue reading “Wet Blanket”
Look Up There – A Quadrille
Look Up There Orion straddles the sky His belt twinkling Lighting the way Stars sprinkling A cheesy moon at the halfway mark The shadow of his smile visible in the dark Match made in heaven A lover’s tryst Moon and stars shine As the earth is kissed Christine Bolton –Continue reading “Look Up There – A Quadrille”
Telling Lies – A Quadrille
Telling Lies What lies she tells that narcissistic witch Stories too tall for truth Inflating her ego Grabbing needed attention without which she is nothing My eavesdropping confirms what I already know But the listeners are too gullible to understand there is nothing there to believe Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Kim isContinue reading “Telling Lies – A Quadrille”
Full Of It – A Quadrille
Full Of It Sometimes you are such a bumbling fool How can you be so insensitive? The proverbial foot has taken up permanent residence in your mouth where words are created in chaos and spewed outward Full of crap like a broken sewage pipe What a bum! Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Full Of It – A Quadrille”
Bouquet of Barbed Wire – A Quadrille
Bouquet of Barbed Wire She wears her crown of brambles as if it were sackcloth and ashes A bouquet of barbed wire had been accepted and was now her brand The pain rests heavily in her heart Forgiveness for herself an impossibility For her dignity he had stolen Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Bouquet of Barbed Wire – A Quadrille”
Drum Circle – A Quadrille
Drum Circle Sunday evenings without fail the drum circle assembles on the beach and to the setting sun its worshippers do hail On the sand they dance in a circle of frenzy Banging on their drums Chanting to the music Mesmerized and welcoming anyone who comes Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Continue reading “Drum Circle – A Quadrille”
Blood Brothers – A Quadrille
Blood Brothers My blood is your blood Our tears flow together in shared pain Toiling together our skin colors blend in earth shades from our different birthplaces My brother anger rises inside me for I bear witness to the last breath as your life slips away Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Continue reading “Blood Brothers – A Quadrille”
Just Plain Silly – A Quadrille
Just Plain Silly I can no longer cut through your noise Tired of trying Exhausted from effort Frustrated from failing This is just silly Time to terminate and leave behind the fruitless failures of this Herculean task so it may cease to be and rest in peace Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Just Plain Silly – A Quadrille”
Flushed – A Quadrille
Flushed The light left her eyes unnoticed His indignation was center stage It no longer mattered who was right or wrong A joust for power Oxygen feeding the fire of dysfunction A lifetime of giving her everything flushed away in one push of a button Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © MishContinue reading “Flushed – A Quadrille”
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