Confirmation Today your behavior is decided The nation watching is divided You’ve described your actions as silly Boyhood pranks leaving us chilly Your true colors shined brightly through The thin veneer that is you We saw you for what you are A privileged bully hiding behind the bar We’ve met many like you over theContinue reading “Confirmation”
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Different Animals
Different Animals Anticipating your response Of what will surely come I brace for the onslaught My nerves tightening As I become more fraught Vacillating the point Until we were drained Back and forth and back again Wishing it would end But the winner does not yet reign Storming off in anger I see you underContinue reading “Different Animals”
Departed
Departed I harvest the remnants of our life once complete Limiting the time I spend Reminiscing As my heart now deplete My eyes look around the spartan room Your things gone and furniture removed A feeling of empty gloom My eyes drawn to the window Afternoon sun bathing the glade In a matinee performance ofContinue reading “Departed”
Impromptu Haiku
Stunning fall from grace By wearing pair of cheap shoes A bad decision Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts: Stunning Fall Cheap
Mine
Mine The feeling was involuntary Impossible to hold back Encompassing my body In a gradual attack Filling my heart with love To be poured over you In sensual oils to massage And the kiss of morning dew Tied in silk ribbons Your limbs I will bind So you will stay forever Lady Justice is blindContinue reading “Mine”
Market
Market From the mouths of children Breathing white smoke The chill of the day already Covered by an invisible cloak As if filled with tears The gathering dark clouds Ready to burst with rain Over the swelling crowds Sounds of the street As day fills with life Echo in the cold winds That can sliceContinue reading “Market”
Muse
Muse Beauty surrounding me Bringing peace and harmony Mesmerized by the silence I’m embraced by your charm As if protected from harm I float in your abeyance Becoming your muse Your palette of hues Will paint my life story With each brush stroke Oh, the fantasies you invoke Together we write the allegory Our existenceContinue reading “Muse”
Trespass
Trespass Your migration into my heart is a violation of the sweetest kind I can barely concentrate I am going out of my mind In the rubric of my desires you appear so many times The quintessential lover Committing the ultimate crime Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing © Prompts: Migration Rubric Violation QuintessentialContinue reading “Trespass”
Freedom
Freedom did not come easy She fought hard for what was truly hers Stolen from her with his lying words feeding her ego Promising a fantasy She could not recall When it happened One day he had control and he ruled her world Her voice stolen and thoughts buried deep unable to share This the beginningContinue reading “Freedom”
Autumn – Poem of the Month – October 2018
Autumn Acorns crunching under feet Squirrels making a hasty retreat Leaves of different colors fallen This is now the season of Autumn Humidity has finally left the air The sun lies lower with less of a glare A crispness now freshens the landscape Summer has finally found her escape Flower petals dying out on stemsContinue reading “Autumn – Poem of the Month – October 2018”
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