Paradise
Like a precocious lover
You are drawn In
By its beauty
You are hypnotized
By the power and elegance
Of this place
Which is a metaphor of your life
It is your hopes and dreams
What you live for
It is your desire
To be happy and in love
In this beautiful place but is not to be
Because this lover will
Squash you and stomp on you
It will leave you breathless
And gasping for air before it moves on
To its next love
You are insignificant
In paradise
Christine Bolton
I have searched for you
in my life
Knowing you were always there
dancing around me
but never my partner
Passing by me
invisible to the eye
So many years growing
and learning apart
Not seeing you
but knowing you
Feeling you
without your touch
Wishing for you
to hold my hand
in life
To dry my tears
Where were you?
Why did I not
know you before?
Our lives to be lived
separately
for reasons we do not know
You are the piece
that was missing
The Yang to my Yin
The start and the finish
You finally heard my cry
You have come to me
And you have
taken my heart
Replacing the emptiness
that was always there
You have filled my senses
and now
you live with my soul
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Again
I have been here before
This place, this time
It feels the same
My heart feels the same
The date is the same
The year is different
What does it matter
The traditions of this day
Cause more pain and
More questions than necessary
I fall victim to this celebratory
Time again and again
It means nothing to me anymore
Once it was the hope
The expectation
Of things to come
Now it is a chore
A day to be spent alone again
Every year for whatever reason
It is inconsequential
It is underwhelming
It is dull
Next year I will disappear
From time and space
So I do not have to answer
Those inevitable questions
Christine Bolton
The day is fresh and new and filled with unique experiences. Today we talk about poetry from the heart and how words can heal and inspire us to do great things in this world.
We have all experienced heartache and we turn to different things for comfort and clarity. In my case I had the need to speak. When I was younger I would continually ask “Why?” to whoever would listen to me. I never understood the pain I was feeling and yearned for explanation. Maybe because I was a child, or perhaps in those days there such a stigma associated with emotional pain, I could never find the answers I wanted from people. Instead I found comfort in writing down my experiences. In the beginning they were just words, such as ‘this hurts’ or ‘what just happened?’ In time they began to flow more freely and took the form of a poem. The more I wrote, the calmer I became, and just laying down my feelings on paper was therapeutic. My own words soothed me and gave me an extraordinary strength. I was highly emotional when I picked up a pen but by the time I had written my last word I felt an immense calm as if I had meditated.
When I look back on poems or journals I have written, I sometimes have to catch my breath. When we are at peace with ourselves and have the opportunity to revisit our thoughts from an earlier time it can be quite shocking. It makes me feel sad to think I was so unhappy and feeling so much angst. As a result some of my poems can be quite dark but I think they are relatable. I am however concentrating on writing something more uplifting and positive. It is so much easier when you are in control and managing your personal pain.
The beauty of our lives is that we can continually learn about the world, ourselves and others. We should always be open to change, which is of course is inevitable, and learn some new ways of coping.
I invite you to enjoy my poetry and other things that I will share with you. Please follow my blog and hopefully I will inspire you to write down your thoughts and form beautiful poetry for yourself.
Until the next time.
Christine
Join me in taking words of wisdom directly from the heart to create healing poetry. Our thoughts become our words and our words are our strength. Both give us the power to overcome whatever stands in our way. I hope you enjoy my new avenue of creativity and adventure.