It occurred to me that I my have used this once before. I don’t know when, but what the heck, it goes with my week. Yesterday I was pounded with lemons! How has your week been for you? For Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday
Tag Archives: Life
Threads of Life
Threads of Life Threads of life woven closely Connecting us to others In such beautiful patterns Of rich color and texture At times they’re stretched to breaking Or bound together in strength When a thread comes to an end We cling tightly to our own Or perhaps latch on to others To weave a newContinue reading “Threads of Life”
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s A Dog’s Life I follow as a puppy to the ends of the earth, loving unconditionally and forgiving all your sins My time here is to please only you You smile at my idiosyncrasies Scratching your head at what I do Whether I chase my tail trying to find the answers or diggingContinue reading “It’s A Dog’s Life”
Embracing Change – A Quadrille
Embracing Change Unlike in our youth change comes quickly now Ability to choose overridden by health and age Geography playing its part as family concerns escalate Learning to embrace whatever comes difficult but necessary What goes around, comes around, as moving forward is the only option Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Embracing Change – A Quadrille”
Work in Progress
Work in Progress Ever changing circle of life and love Growing and evolving with respect and honor Giving and receiving Supporting and leaning Loving and hating Sometimes crashing and burning with resentment and bitterness Futile arguments Begrudging compromise Sending each other in different directions Searching for emotional life rafts A place to breathe and healContinue reading “Work in Progress”
Truth
Truth You were my king my idol I worshipped you each day bringing you gifts of fruit and flowers touched by sunshine kissed with tears and made with my love You feasted on my bounty and reclined in the warmth of my passion Enjoying the relief of my rescue I filled the emptiness inContinue reading “Truth”
The First Step
The First Step The road is longand not for thefaint-heartedIt will bend and twistuphill and downUnforgivingand full ofpot holesThere is no choiceon this journeyof lifeYou will stumbleand falland at timesyou will reacha crossroadswhere sometimesyou will stayin neutralUnsureand unknowingYou will takethe wrong pathwithout questionbut you will learnfrom the mistakeand carry onto the next junctionWith experienceyou willContinue reading “The First Step”
Rest
Rest The milky moonshines a delicate lightthrough clouds of gauzethis balmy summer night The rain from earlierstill puddled on the groundThe night had become stillwith barely a sound A caterwauling feline on a fenceHatchlings safe in their nestA hooting owl high in a treeHungry baby on mother’s breast The day comes to an endwith everyone in their placeTimeContinue reading “Rest”
Existence
Existence The view across the lakein the early morningMagnificent in its silenceas the day was dawningBirds aroused and callingin a contest of soundHappy communicatingwhile others dig the ground Each day wondrousin its simple familiarityTraveling on the wheels of existenceRotating in its peculiarityMonotonous but necessarya cycle impossible to cheatThe tread of time so ruthlessthat it tramples evenContinue reading “Existence”
Homeless
Homeless Fatigued by a vagabond lifeBones weary from the weatherClothes threadbare and wornskin tough as hammered leather A look unmistakablewith eyes forever distantAn existence not of choicealways socially resistant Fame lost in historyand soon forgottenfamily ties and lovenow decayed and rotten Tattered belongingsA bottle in a brown bagA dirty old blanketHis only swag The liquor warmingand a welcome treatsoonContinue reading “Homeless”
Poetry For Healing 