Perspective Cloistered in silence far from the noise pensive thoughts dance in front of me I see them with clarity Obscure concepts without wings Once sparking With energy Now fizzle and die Lifeless and empty Slowly consumed by a flicker of flames Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Pensive – FOWC FlickerContinue reading “Perspective”
Category Archives: Thought Provoking
Skyscape
Skyscape The sky awashwith hues of cerulean,turquoise and indigoReflecting myever changing moodsBright and expectantfalling silentwith deep thoughtsFollowed by stillnessas the blues turn darkerSubtle changesin colorsCollaboratingSweeping the expanseCarrying my musingsto another dimension Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Prompts:Collaborate – Word of the DaySubtle – FOWC
Synchronicity
I am safely back from a lovely vacation and have been enjoying catching up on your posts and the lovely notes you left or me. Thank you so much! Here is something I thought about while walking on the sand. Synchronicity As the sunturns to gold andshadows grow long,the sea takesback footprints left in the sand TheContinue reading “Synchronicity”
River
River You have bathed meSoothed meDrank my tears and carried me awayon your fierce currentYou have given meyour frozen surfaceso I might skatein the moonlight Your magicalexistencechanges colorswith the sunFrom morninggolden pondto shimmeringdiamondsas twilightclaims the day~~~~~~~~~~~~I am deeplike my sometimesstill watersBeneath my surfacein its dark mysterylive creaturesyou never seeand plants that need no lightfrom the sunReplenishedby constantheavy rainsIContinue reading “River”
Living in the Present
Living in the Present In the stillnessof the morningI see her againThe woman in blackStanding on the rocksin silenceStaring at the seamotionlessThe breeze liftingher hair and leaving itto tousle abouther shouldersWhenever I comeat this time she is thereNever acknowledgingmy presenceAbsorbed in her thoughtsand quietnessI smile nervouslybut she looks through meAs if I were transparentI speakContinue reading “Living in the Present”
Fountain of Youth
Fountain of Youth How I long forthe spontaneity of youthDriven by fervid emotionThat carefree blindnessto all that fears me nowA life void of devotion No one is there any longerto catch me if I fallThere is too much to chanceIs the risk worth the loss?Mine alone to bearOr do I take a different stance? Oh, to reverseContinue reading “Fountain of Youth”
Layers
Layers It is no one’s faultThat I find myself hereBy the water’s edge Where else would I be?Searching for answersas is my way I look up to the skyand count the starsframing the memoryin my mindRemembering the last timeHere with you I am not the prisonerliving within your mindNor your propertybut yet you judge meI came and leftgratefulContinue reading “Layers”
Elusive
Elusive To capture that moment againgrasping at shadowstouching the skyElusiveAs wind in the willowsNot seenbut knowing its presence To replicateimpossibleIt does confuseAs if a dreamImagination wildDoubting the truthYet you know It was feltHonor and acceptfor it will rebelLive in gratitudethat you were gracedfor that precious instantwith an indelible memory Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Words PromptsCapture -WotDRebelContinue reading “Elusive”
Faceless
Faceless They called her sisterbut a sibling she was notHer personality hidden Not permitted to showwhat she had anda label was forbidden An angel in costumeNourishing and nurturing allGiving love to those in need They built an effigy in her honorbut it was faceless and coldAnd sometimes it would bleed Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Hélène Vaillant’s WhatContinue reading “Faceless”
Poetry In Motion
Poetry In Motion In this warped and crazy worldwhere the peculiar reign supremeI lose myself in wordsto live in my chosen daydream In a bucolic existencewriting poetry and proseStories of escape and freedomallow me to transpose Away from the insanityof a world gone haywireSeeking tranquilityMy writings do inspire Transported to a placeof pastoral idyllwhere stanzas evolveinto poetry unbridled AContinue reading “Poetry In Motion”
Poetry For Healing 