Thoughts of you are taboo and do not belong in my head Yet there you live always in my mind, confusing unsettling, disturbing An apparition giving relief only when vanishing With the never-ending promise to return and haunt once more Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Prompts Boo - Stream of Consciousness Apparition - RDP
In fear my heart races as I pull the covers over my head and pretend nothing has changed What I saw was in my head It is not real, but imagined Through the bedroom window I saw you standing there Looking up at me Music played through the air carried along by a cool breeze Shivering at the sight of you I recoiled, shrinking back to my bed It is not you, it cannot be, I won’t let it be I forbid you enter my thoughts and invade my dreams Yet you taunt me with your presence An apparition stinging old wounds Still open, raw and unhealed A ghost from my past who refuses to die Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets Prompts The Bedroom Window - RDP Music - FOWC Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen on Unsplash
Swimming in your troubled waters I am caught in a riptide which pulls me from the safety of the shore Struggling in its undertow and unable to hold on to you any longer I feel you slipping through my arms as I am carried away from you and your tempestuous sea of anger Not knowing where I will be taken I am scared, my arms flailing to stay afloat My heart yearns for an emotional life raft to cling to before surrendering to the currents I pray for peace wherever the tide takes me Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night at D’Verse Poets
Senryu Fear of the unknown Panic and desperation Is it fight or flight? Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Faces in the sky Look ominous to a child Who imagines fear Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Wading in your shallow I see clearly what is there as I sidestep small pebbles without surprise Inviting, gentle and warm Safe It is when I venture into the deep A pool of uncharted waters I find myself in danger Below the surface in the blackness riptides and dangerous currents pull me in opposing directions Confusing and taking breath I hit rocks with flailing legs Left bloodied and bruised Out of my depth I cannot survive the unknown and your tide consumes me Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay
A mellow feeling of contentment Nourishing body and spirit Experienced for no more than fleeting seconds before being wildly dragged from a euphoric state Assaulted by angry words of dissension Vilifying the soul Destroying harmony in rage because the moment was not theirs Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Words Prompts Mellow - RDP Wildly - Word of the Day Nourish - FOWC
Anger is the fortress protecting you Words weaponized Becoming knives Wielded in fury Slashing the air Until they reach their target and blood is drawn Your victim shrivels as breath is sucked from the life of love Once held as a gift to you in her open hands Now in powdered ash Slipping through grasping fingers If only you could see beyond the fear She is your armor Protecting you with moral obligation To love you and keep you safe But blindness remains your disability Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Obligation - Word of the Day Shrivel - RDP Image by ArtTower from Pixabay
Senryu Don’t let your fear win Be brave and find confidence Today you have this Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Bright silver moon Shine your light On poor souls Wandering In darkness of night Bewildered and confused Led like lambs to slaughter Forever Abused Plague ridden earth Unwelcome, infecting Blindly attacking Oblivious to race Cleansing, correcting Cruel and heartless Boundaries inconsistent Sucking air from lungs Drowning in phlegm The cure nonexistent Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Bjorn is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with the Plague Image by chris s from Pixabay