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The Long Road

The Long Road Born from new beginningsA glimmer of hopeIn the bleakest of yearsThe darkest of timesA baby to love anddry the shedding tears A lonely widowwith a family ready madeHe, a man with an assurancePromising love and securityfor ever more, yet for herit became an endurance A straying spouseout until the small hourswith whiskey breathCheating onContinue reading “The Long Road”

Unfiltered Thoughts

Unfiltered Thoughts Innermost thoughtsWithout filterFree to flowWherever they mayMaddened and irascibleThey come and go Hungry for an outletto spread through the airFinding a place to settleReaching out to anyoneor anything With the sting a nettle CantankerousSlicing like a knifeRousing screamsHeard above tree topsGratifying and satisfyingFostering dreams  Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©April is National Poetry Writing MonthNaPoWriMoDay 9Continue reading “Unfiltered Thoughts”

Dreaming

Dreaming The rain poundingon the windowslike stonesbeing thrownThe branchesshook hardand the leaveswere all blown Cold and miserablewas the commonfeeling of every dayLonging for sunshinebeaches andswaying palmsa beach and a bay Gazing into wishesStaring out the dreamHolding desiresclose to the chestA future comingInto focusEscaping the miseryhas become the quest A wish soonto be realizedJust a matter ofwhen and whereIs aContinue reading “Dreaming”

What If?

What If? If the sky cracked openand I was swallowed upWould you miss me?If the moon one nightrefused to shine its lightCould you still see me? If the coast was swallowed by an angry ocean’s ragewould you care?If all the fabled storiesof Aesop were burnedWould that be fair? If one day I floatedaway like a balloonWould run afterContinue reading “What If?”

Thanks For Nothing – A Sonnet

Thanks For Nothing You didn’t just cause her pain You hurt me in the process You vowed to love each other But you chose to digress She suffered the pain you delivered With her head held high Always aware of her dignity Ignoring your every lie I was the fall-out of the war You twoContinue reading “Thanks For Nothing – A Sonnet”

The Traveler

The Traveler Walking through lifeknowing deep in my soulwhere I was meant to beThoughts and actionsnot those of the packI could clearly see I did not understandthe path for my journeyInstinctively, I would arriveIt was as if I were actingin a play, and the final sceneI would contrive Heights of happinessDepths of depressionWondering what I’d becomeConfused byContinue reading “The Traveler”

Unity

Unity Why do we walkon different pathsin a world of sameness? Choosing to separateBy culture and creedExcusing it is shameless Visibly different, butskin and bone equalColors result of geography Shapes and sizesvarying, anddown to demography Heartbeat rhythmsAnd eyes that cryBones that will break The differences minorWhen all said and doneWe all feel the ache Blood the same colorPumping andyet unknown Running throughEachContinue reading “Unity”