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All Of You

Your smile lights The stars in a night skyAn embroidered blanket of sequinsYour grace warmsThe winter of my heartThawing the frozen ice always thereYour kindnessGives joy like a spring lambFilling me with hope for the futureYour deep loveLingers in scented bloomsOf vibrant perennial flowersCopyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedLaura isContinue reading “All Of You”

Flower Child – Flash Fiction

Flower Child Every Sunday without fail, mother and I would walk to the station and catch the morning train to the coast to see my grandmother.    Mother would tend to grandmother’s garden, caring for roses, mowing grass and trimming bushes. I amused myself as best I could for an eight-year old but mostly IContinue reading “Flower Child – Flash Fiction”

Say it with Flowers

Say it with Flowers Beautiful and fresh as the daisies she was named for She was everywhere Pretty with a glow of sunshine Simplistic and uniform, but inside lived an exotic bloom Fragrant with the night Deep, burning colors of Gold and magenta Exciting and expensive By day her brightness cheered bringing smiles to downturnedContinue reading “Say it with Flowers”

A Fair Exchange

A Fair Exchange My favorite plants do not grow here The soil is not to their liking So I learn to love new exotic ones that tolerate the dryness of our winter and welcome the hot rainy season  Gone are the pretty blue hydrangeas and pink hybrid roses tinged with gold Replaced by bright yellowContinue reading “A Fair Exchange”