Senryu
Consumed by your love
Thoughts of us filling my head
Wondering what’s next
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Mon. January 20, 2020
Tag: love
Fearfulness
Fearfulness
As darkness falls
who will light your shadows
when the moon
does not appear?
Fearful and afraid
of ghosts from the past
who will protect you?
It is still unclear
Who will guide
you with wisdom
through life’s
temporal minefields?
Lead you through
fire and fury
Harboring safely with
love’s assuring shield
As the sky lights
with daybreak
clarity and possibility
reign supreme
Anxieties wane,
fears subside and
unnecessary nightmares
become a daydream
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Sue Vincent's weekly Write/Photo challenge
Word Prompts
Wisdom - Word of the Day
Temporal - RDP
Possibility - JusJoJan
Promote Yourself Monday - GoDogGo Cafe
Love is More
Love is More
As surely as a brook
will babble
or an eagle soar
or a candle
blows in the wind
Love for you
remains certain,
unwavering
It is sometimes
fraught with tension
or filled with anger
as we wrestle
existential pressures
Yet it is strong
Perpetual and everlasting
in its uniqueness
Often misunderstood
and disregarded
as blindness
by those who
stand in judgement
and cast doubt
on its worthiness
What do they know?
They perceive love
as only tender and giving,
quiet and soft
Complete harmony
But love is more
It is challenging
with opposing forces
that fiercely bring change
In the aftermath
comes growth
New realities
and possibilities
Continually evolving
Teasing, exciting
as its foundation
strengthens
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts
Caught up with Christmas festivities this week
meant my poetry took a back seat so some of
the prompts are from earlier.
Happy New Year!
Babble - Word of the Day Tuesday
Fraught - FOWC - Tuesday
Candle - RDP - Tuesday
Aftermath - RDP - Friday
Image by prettysleepy1 from Pixabay
Passion
Passion
In the glorious, burning
splendor of deep love
are passion-filled nights
Overpowering and exciting
where all reason is lost
in wondrous heights
The slow, delicious descent
from the euphoric state
is a journey of gratification
Until lain crumpled and spent
in the forgotten ashes
of intimacy and adulteration
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts
Glorious WotD
Ash - RDP
Image by Dayron Villaverde from Pixabay
Daily Haiku – Wed. November 20, 2019
Senryu
In youth we are brave
Fearlessly searching for love
Now we wait and see
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Sat. November 16, 2019
Senryu
Why did you do this?
You make it impossible
for me to love you
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
He Says, She Says
He Says, She Says
Swollen eyes
and mascara streaks
I’m all cried out
Feeling I haven’t
slept in weeks
Fighting it
but justifying it
Trying to make sense
Why, oh why can’t
I just quit?
Incompetent in love
Not accepting reality
Questioning my judgement
Imprudent actions
Tripping staggeringly
Stubborn and hard-headed
Was that me or you?
It only takes one
to cave and then
we can make it through
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Incompetent - RDP
(Im)Prudent - FOWC
Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Would you rather be right
than happy?
What was so utterly terrible,
preferring to live in a lonely world
separated from the one
who truly loves you?
In this vast universe
you found the diamond
in the rough
That most precious treasure
to value and keep forever
Someone to rely on
To love and cherish
and now you risk it all
Stop chewing on the
bone of contention
Come down from that lonely
mountain of self-righteousness
where no one lives in harmony
Forgiveness will release you
from the chains of heartache
Be free to love and be loved
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts
Utterly - WotD
Vast - RDP
Rely - FOWC
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Fading Memory
Fading Memory
In the fading light of day
I allow my mind to wander
To those places from long ago
You and I belonged to each other
Inseparable, lives interwoven
Never wanting to let go
We would talk all night long
Putting right to the world
Falling asleep in each other’s arms
Making plans and dreaming dreams
Fighting for what was right
Smitten with each other’s charms
It was all so long ago now
Time and space between us
Two lovers who were star-crossed
You will visit my thoughts again
When loneliness takes its grip
And I lament something precious I lost
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
SOCS - “ght”
RDP - Lament
Defining Love
Defining Love
Is love complete forgiveness
Compromising one’s self esteem?
Or a two-way street where
accountability is something to redeem
A voice in need to be heard
Stubborn and so sure
Love is deeply embedded
But not in the light always so pure
Is love official as written
in documents ratified?
Surely actions are louder
than words spoken and justified
Love is not an official object
or a pawn played in a game
Love is ethereal, intangible
Like the air and there is no blame
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Light
Deep
Official
Image by 6863 from Pixabay