Senryu Love lies there bleeding At the end of your anger Dying as you speak Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Tag Archives: Love
Wrap Me In Love – A Quadrille – Poem of the Month – July 2022
Wrap Me In Love Wrap me gently in your arms Care that my sadness brings tears Softly murmur words of comfort To soothe my heart’s greatest fears Play soft music to still my mind Calming body and soul Bring me tea of peppermint This day’s taken its toll Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Wrap Me In Love – A Quadrille – Poem of the Month – July 2022”
Spellbound – A Quadrille
Spellbound The door slightly ajar, welcoming Gentle sounds of jazz played Fragrant roses in a vase greeted her on entering He stood in the kitchen, smiling A martini in his outstretched hand Behind him a table set for dinner Yes, she was under his spell Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing AllContinue reading “Spellbound – A Quadrille”
Me versus You
Me versus You Love is a thing of beauty Given unconditionally with the hope it be treasured Love is not a weapon kept in an arsenal and brought out in time of war Words are shared delicately In kindness and in the hope of reciprocity Words spoken from a heart may not be thrown backContinue reading “Me versus You”
Daily Haiku – Thu. May 5, 2022
Senryu The depth of your love And the feelings that you have Are enough for me Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Sun. May 1, 2022
Senryu I dive into love Fearless and open to all who might catch me there Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Unanswered Questions
Unanswered Questions The past only an arm’s length away A glimmer of what once was still shines briefly in the darkness where you now reside Savagely robbed of love far too soon A life taken. Snuffed out like a candle Leaving your body paralyzed, unable to move As if limbs had been amputated How canContinue reading “Unanswered Questions”
Spoken Word
Spoken Word Beneath billowy clouds We lay together on a red tartan blanket Sated from our picnic lunch The warmth of sun on skin and sweet summer wine on lips Wildflowers he picked and carefully threaded into my hair Heady, hypnotic moments As butterflies danced and dragonflies hovered All in the golden afternoon I hearContinue reading “Spoken Word”
Without a Trace – Poem of the Month – February 2022
Without a Trace Footprints stolen by the sea Voices drowned by gulls Words carried away in protest on salty winds The beach keeps its secrets of ghosts from the past Sweeping away remnants of life and love without a trace until there’s nothing left but pristine sand Although here among the driftwood andContinue reading “Without a Trace – Poem of the Month – February 2022”
Mating Dance – Poem of the Month – January, 2022
Mating Dance A gentle touch as if a feather slowly stroking skin Sending an uncontrollable shiver down the spine Dark eyes holding a gaze longer than is comfortable Alluring, anticipating Powerful, charismatic The mating dance of two exotic birds? Is the performance enough? Maybe, maybe not Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Mating Dance – Poem of the Month – January, 2022”
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