Senryu It’s a brave new world when a decision is made and you move forward Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Thu. April 23, 2020
Tag: Brave
Me
Me
I am wild
and boisterous
Fearless and fierce
I am me
I am adventurous
and curious
Gutsy and brave
I am me
I tow the line
and follow instructions
Respectful and dutiful
I am me
I am kind
and considerate
Thoughtful and benevolent
I am me
I care
and I love
Gentle and sweet
I am me
I write
and I create
Questioning and truthful
I am me
I argue
and fight
Cry and scream
I am me
I cause pain
and offend
Angry and indignant
I am human
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Go Dog Go Cafe Poem about Me
Tilting At Windmills
There is an empty place in my soul
Where you once used to live
You have left there long since
As there was no more of me to give
You visit my mind often
Unbeknown to you
You come and go when needed
Until I’m ready to say adieu
I’m trying to comprehend
Where it went so wrong
I know you never understood
Why you’re so headstrong
Independence is worked for
Fierce and won by the brave
Not necessarily to settle a score
And not to enslave
It is achieved so you are not weak
The monsters cannot win
Perhaps that was the problem
To explain, how could I begin
When I found you drowning
Staying afloat under abundant pain
Fending off enemies in your mind
Although always in vain
No one was good enough
To withstand your allegations
Even offering you love
They fell short of your expectations
Love is an understanding
Not a thing in a box
To be discarded so thoughtlessly
Like a pair of socks
It takes work and communication
On more than one level
Things are not always straight
Sometimes they are bevel
Life is not black and white
There is plenty of grey
To smooth the edges
Of a bruised individual with plenty to say
A different concept for you
Difficult to sustain
Although we did try
Until it became a strain
The enemies in your mind are still there
Acknowledgement makes them stronger
If you would realize they don’t exist
You will be tilting at windmills no longer
Christine Bolton
Word of the Day Challenge: Abundant
Dark versus Light
Being a fairly new blogger some of you are slowly getting to know me through my poetry and things I care deeply about. Looking back through the work that I have yet to share with you, it is clear that my writing stems from experiencing some dark moments in my life. To me it was a therapeutic way to deal with life’s challenges. Although I have included some of these darker poems in my recent posts, I have certainly tried lately to lighten the mood with some sweeter sounding prose. I have been using the Daily Prompts from WordPress to ignite something inside me and send me on a creative path. I think it has been working, as I would never have thought to write anything entitled ‘Archaic’ but I did and I was quite pleased with the result!
As I am at a happy point in my life I have started to write some more enlightening poetry and hope you will enjoy it. My intention is to post at least one uplifting poem a week just so you know I’m not a totally miserable wreck of a person!
I still truly believe that there are many benefits to writing out your thoughts, good and bad, Whether you write in a journal or put your words into poetry it can have a healing effect. It has helped me my whole life and I’m not going to stop anytime soon.
Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy my writing.
Below is something lighthearted.
Love is Alive and Well
Yes it’s me I’m still here
You thought I had suffocated
As it happens I am alive and well
News of my demise has been grossly overrated
I am here once more
On display In all my splendor
Words of spoken passion and undying devotion
Always wondrous and tender
I am love and I conquer all
So they always say
I shoot a transfusion to your heart
So you know you’re alive for another day
Although I can be broken and stomped on
More times than you will ever know
I can also be buried deep down
And refuse to come out fearing another blow
My resilience is remarkable
Although I sometimes refuse to believe
That I can still be alive after so much pain
So for me you should surely grieve
At times I choose to hibernate
In my prepared burrow
It protects me and keeps me safe
When I fear of letting go
As Love I get to live another day
Being always brave and fearless
Laying it out there and you will point your arrows
And I will forever show you forgiveness
Christine Bolton
Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi