In your shadowI existHaving lost myselflong agoContent to be thereloving youand being with youAs years go byI remember meThe vibrancyHow I’d turn headson entering rooms full with peopleSpeaking freelyI could spin a storyand amuseI would attractwith my voiceand laughterI had confidenceThis is how youfound meWere drawn to meI stayed with youand you becamemy private audienceNow,Continue reading “Who Am I?”
Category Archives: Thought Provoking
Blood On Our Hands
Blood On Our Hands The smooth sands of a silent desert now a windstorm of grit burrowing into every orifice Blinding and scratching eyes Tasting and choking on the bitterness of unannounced fury The still waters of windless waves become a raging, angry ocean Swallowing the body whole and regurgitating denialism with each turbulent flowContinue reading “Blood On Our Hands”
Don’t Do It!
Don’t Do It! No matter how strong you are it is easy to slip into a man’s shadow A desire to please and pander May be your ultimate downfall Some men will relish it and some will resent it But they will take it anyway You will be joyful in your nurturing Undeniably ecstatic inContinue reading “Don’t Do It!”
Handle With Care
Handle With Care Would that we walk this earth with care labels Visible on the outside that others might see and know how we might be treated with care To handle some as delicate with a gentle touch Leaving to air dry in peace and others with high heat and a heavy hand Perhaps aContinue reading “Handle With Care”
Now You See It …
Now You See It … A snowflake falls in splendid silence Unparalleled in undeniable uniqueness As more and more fall slowly delicately building upon each other Creating walls of compacted virgin whiteness stacked high Reticent, uncommunicative Sentinels of stillness, unmoving Sadly survival is short-lived Mixing meltwater mush Eventually evaporating into the same silence from whenceContinue reading “Now You See It …”
Religion Road
Religion Road We are all heading to the same destination just choosing a different way to get there The highways and byways of religion are jammed with the faithful Frequent stops proselytizing to the polite yet incurious All with dogma to sell But at what price? Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Religion Road”
Ripples
Ripples In youth we search for those appealing to the eye Their beauty would cause a heart to skip and our desires live at the forefront of their presence We decorate each other in brilliance of diamonds and hold the other in high esteem as a possession Only the most fortunate can hold onContinue reading “Ripples”
Train of Thought
Train of Thought Your words live in my thoughts Sometimes they delight and are invited to stay Other times they wound and I show them the door They feed my heart Nourish my soul and thoughts become my words flowing freely back to you When words harm they linger in my head slowly poisoning aContinue reading “Train of Thought”
A Two-Faced Landscape
My dear friend, Chuck Lindholm, known to many of you as The Reluctant Poet, who tirelessly shares our works on his site, made a wonderful suggestion that we collaborate on another poem together. A duet was the term he used and I liked the sound of that. This is what we came up with. IContinue reading “A Two-Faced Landscape”
Shifting Sands
Shifting Sands Shifting sands have no empathy for the confused An arid expanse Misunderstood complicated and layered Unsurmountable arduous Exhausting body and soul A cage-less prison with no escape Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Photo Prompt Sadje’s What Do You See Challenge Word Prompts RDP – Exhausted FOWC – Cage
Poetry For Healing 