One look and a smile
Is all it took to claim me
I’m yours forever
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Thu. January 3, 2019
Wheels on Fire
Wheels on Fire
Covered in cotton candy
A sticky web of remnants
of your constant vitriol
and a lifetime of resentments
I have become a victim
The lethargy of my depression
Slowly descending, delivering me
Into your aggression
Unable to heal your inner child
Only you can avenge your misery
Take responsibility for that which you
Put out in the world, causing injury
Uneasy in your presence
Fearful of your lashing fury
No more free passes
You must be your own jury
Hopeful for a path to take you away
From your addiction to your past
Uncomprehending the damage
You have done, leaving me aghast
Cruelly and constantly raking me
Over the emotional coals
Manipulating and threatening
Until you take my soul
Your mea culpa always too late
Empty words, save your breath
Delivering too many sucker punches
It has become a living death
Space between us can stop the wheel
There is no mystery to solve
Oil on the fire continues to inflame
We must begin to disinvolve
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Hopeful
Mystery
Deliver
Photo by Taimur Bin Abdusalaam on Unsplash
One Liner Wednesday
It’s hump day again and time for Linda G Hill’s One Liner Wednesday. Here’s another Gary Larson classic cartoon for you. Hope you enjoy it.
Have a great Wednesday!
Daily Haiku – Wed. January 2, 2019
Pink and Orange hues
Paint the sunset in the sky
Soothing life’s pressure
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Tue. January 1, 2019
The sun slowly melts
The ice in your hardened heart
Giving it new life
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Resolution
Resolution
I carry guilt
As a child
As a mother
As a wife
I have carried it
my whole life
Everyone comes first
They always have
I would go without
Let them be happy
Let them be safe
There was never a doubt
But I am tired
I am weary
I am bruised
Yet I let it continue
What’s wrong with me
I just feel used
Today I want things
to be different
It will no longer be a tradition
Someone else
will take care
It’s not beyond cognition
I want no revenge
Only a segway
to another solution
Perhaps everyone
will understand
It’s my New Year resolution
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Tradition
Segway
Revenge
Resolution
Daily Haiku – Mon. December 31, 2018
Initials are carved
Deep in the trunk of the oak
For life evermore
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry
Today my heart is heavy
Carrying the burden of you
Your pursuit of winning
no matter the cost
Leaving me not knowing what to do
You have sacrificed us
with no thought of consequence
Manipulating the truth
In glory of your own ego
To the point of dominance
The self-indulgent splurge
on your version of the facts
Leaving me shocked
from my senses
Like a blow from an axe
Since the inception of us
I knew the monster was there
A damaged soul
needing comfort
and round the clock care
Living in an alternate reality
Where enemies are everywhere
A dystopian society
Confusing the innocent
With those who don’t care
Pouring dirt on the pristine
love that we had
You have sullied
something beautiful
I’m left wounded and sad
At the point of no return
We are at an impasse
Like dogs chasing their tails
Going forever in circles
This time we will not surpass
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Dirt
Inception
Pursuit
Splurge
Photo by Mahkeo on Unsplash
Song Lyric Sunday – New
Today’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt from Helen Vahdati is “New”. I have chosen something from one of my favorite present day artists, Alicia Keys. it is her anthem, New York. I hope you enjoy it.
Lyrics - New York
Ooh, New York
Ooh, New York
Grew up in a town
That is famous as a place of movie scenes
Noise is always loud
There are sirens all around
And the streets are mean
If I can make it here
I could make it anywhere
That's what they say
Seeing my face in lights
Or my name in marquees found down on
Broadway
Even if ain't all it seems
I got a pocket full of dreams
Baby, I'm from New York!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York!
(New York, New York, New York)
On the avenue
There ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a melting pot
On the corner selling rock
Preachers pray to God
Hail a gipsy cab
Takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Someone sleeps tonight
With a hunger for more then an empty fridge
I'm going to make it by any means
I got a pocket full of dreams
Baby I'm from New York!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York!
(New York, New York, New York)
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all looking pretty
No place in the world that can compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York!
Daily Haiku – Sun. December 30, 2018
I will wait for you
On the hilltop high above
The pain and anguish
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©