Haiku From behind the clouds A new dawn and a new day Giving hope to all Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Sat. Jun 6, 2020
Tag: hope
Smile
Smile
Waking to his smile A cherished gift The frown no longer there lifting her challenged spirits Giving hope the malaise has gone forever Whatever ailed his heart and hardened it with ice Had robbed his face of its charm The twisted agony of pronounced pain consuming his body and mind Filling it with anger and despair Leaving a legacy of suffering Shutting out the one who loved him most and lived his trauma But now, just for a while She takes that smile and forgets all else A contagious reaction of joy and hope that will carry her on a cloud until it doesn’t Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Mish is hosting D'Verse Poets Open Link Night Word Prompts Challenge - Word of the Day Pronounced - RDP Legacy - FOWC Image by ambroo from Pixabay
Together
Together
In its final burst of energy the setting sun leaves the day with its warmth and glow Taking nothing from us other than the memories it championed With its flickering light slipping slowly below the horizon the remains of the day gently turn to night A sense of oneness with the universe A flicker of hope for a better tomorrow Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Prompts Sue Vincent's Weekly Write/Photo Champion - Word of the Day Tonight - FOWC Better - RDP
Happiness in Installments
Happiness in Installments
Impossible
to survive one week
without shedding tears
Togetherness for a day or two
but never seven,
The sum of all fears
Happiness serialized
in installments
Each one intense
Gasping for breath
Wishing for the next
to ease the suspense
Carried along
with romance but
dashed by the dramatic
Each episode
a mystery
Endings climactic
Hope
a distant dream
in a future series
Featuring a new cast
of characters and
conspiracy theories
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Hope - RDP
Image by Platelicker from Pixabay
New Beginning – A Haibun
I remember writing the D’Verse Haibun a year ago and sharing that January had always been a sad time for me. Each year I was consumed with melancholy and regarded it as a black month.
Little did I now then that 2019 would be one of the worst years of my life. In January within days of writing that Haibun, an MRI on my husband’s brain showed two tumors and he was scheduled for immediate surgery. Thankfully they were removed successfully and not cancerous, but the healing process is long, life changing and precarious. In addition to other existing health issues and the sudden appearance of new ones, we have been on a mind-altering, life changing journey to hell and back.
One year later we are in a better place but still struggling with the process. I am determined to make January a month of new beginnings, change and hope. If you choose to turn off the light, then you will live in the darkness.
Life will always change
Accept it, embrace it and
Never let it go
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Bjorn is hosting the January Haibun at D'Verse and has asked us to
think about new beginnings
Image by sunflair from Pixabay
Aura
Aura
Her aura red
with shades of blue
and gold
Bringing love
and positivity
signifying
a higher love
waiting for me
The calming
influences
she brings to me
in a cup
from which
I drink thirstily
with passion
for what will come
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Sue Vincent's Weekly Write/Photo
Finish Line
Finish Line
The light at the end
of the tunnel
comes into view
under a guiding star
An end and
a beginning
I now know
where we are
Unwavering
and resolute
with an open eye
on the prize
The finish line nears
A fugacious year ends
Leaving us more wise
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Star - Word of the Day
Fugacious - RDP
Open - FOWC
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
At her
darkest moment
feeling lost
and alone
The sun burst
through
A sign
a beacon
to follow
out of the fog
A guiding light
swathing her
in comforting
warmth
Taking her hand
leading her from
despondency
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
In responce to Sadje's
What Do You See Photo Challenge
Anticipation
Anticipation
As the last rays of sun
stretch down to touch the earth
and the final leaf falls from the tree
I will still be here, waiting
for you and all that it is worth
Let the darkness come
and smother me with dread
For I will soon know
whether you will finally come
or my fear will tear me to shreds
A lifetime spent in anticipation
of this moment to arrive
When love be requited
and we are together at last
so my heart will revive
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Sue Vincent's Thursday Write/Photo Challenge
Sarah is hosting tonight at D'Verse Poets and
has prompted has with poetry about waiting
D'Verse Poets - Waiting
Still Hoping
Still Hoping
Through the layers
of your mind
I sometimes see hope
Hidden between the anger
and hurt that you cling to
refusing to let go
But it is weak
starved of nourishment
Ignored, in favor
of the animosity you harbor
Your life blood, you think
Yet it drains your existence
I wait and wish
for its survival
because then I might
be able to stay, forever
However, if you ignore it,
then I too will die
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompt:
Layer - FOWC
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay