Senryu Frightened and alone Problems seem so much greater When you cannot share Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Monday July 10, 2023
Tag: alone
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Senryu Time alone to think Can bring clarity and light to troubles you bear Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
White Lies
White Lies
This Christmas will be white
But not with virgin snow
The tree is bedecked with tinsel
But it twinkles minus the glow
The festivities a non-event
The food just a necessity
The only present to unwrap
Was the gift of a penalty
Without someone to love
The holiday holds no appeal
A person alone can be
Regarded as a fifth wheel
Composing yourself for
The inevitable questions
Answering with white lies
Avoiding unwanted suggestions
Eventually it will be over
and be gone for another year
Next time it might be different
Perhaps I could disappear
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
This poem is for anyone who might be spending Christmas alone.
My heart is with you ❤️
Word Prompts:
White
Tinsel
Bedeck
Compose
Festive
Alone
Alone
The moon is still dark
Where you once stood
Refusing to shine its light
Hiding under the cloud’s hood
The days are long
Nights full of shadows
You will never return
I am left to suppose
Emptiness lives where
My heart used to be
It went with you
When you chose to flee
Leaving me alone
Stripped of my soul
Naked and in darkness
It has taken its toll
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge #62 – The moon is dark
Photo by Zohre Nemati on Unsplash
Searching
Searching
Truncated from my other half
Robbed of my powers
I search the world
For a lifetime
Looking for my twin
Calling from the highest towers
He is out there
I hear his voice calling
Driven to find
The missing piece
I push forward
No fear of falling
Every part of my being
Takes me to a milestone
Where you might be
If there is a soul mate
for everyone
Why do I wander alone?
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Oblivion
Wishing to feel numb
As an object floating down a river
No thoughts in my head
Luxurious indifference
Ignoring what must be considered
Until I pull the last thread
Not wanting to feel anymore
Bone and muscle crushing pain
Body aching from the anguish
Mind full of blackness
Dark thoughts of anger
Unable to vanquish
Moving in slow motion
Ignoring the sounds in my head
Careful not to experience
More of the same debilitating madness
Avoiding the inevitable outcome
Preferring one more day of tarriance
Not being able to choose who loves us
Standing open hearted and vulnerable
Selecting those who deliver misery
How low is that bar we refuse to hold high
Inevitably making it possible
For enemies to write our history
Beauty turned to ashes
Crumbled words spoken
Hearts broken into shards of glass
Amorous touches brushed away
Love murdered with malice
Ultimately arriving at an impasse
If time is an illusion
Years together count for nothing
Then what matter is the waste
If treated with disdain
Expendable thoughts, disposable feelings
All that’s left is a bitter aftertaste
Leave me in peace
To release the past
Yearning for blissful oblivion
Memories cruelly haunting
Demands that will never be met
Unable to meet your criterion
Moving forward in silence
Embracing the blindside
Avoiding each another
Are we practicing being alone
Remembering how it was
When there was no one other
Christine Bolton
In response to The Daily Word Challenge: Amorous