Beyond Repair My sadness consuming We are so completely broken The pieces of us now in a thousand shards scattered, carried by the wind Crawling and crying Scratched and bloodied I recover what I can and reassemble the fragments Knowing the damage is irreparable Still I have to do something Isn’t that what I amContinue reading “Beyond Repair”
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Broken – Poem of the Month – May 2022
Broken Broken like the wing of an injured bird Broken is the silence of words never heard Broken like branches of a tree slowly bent and withered Crippled by the performance You so cruelly delivered Feeling shattered and broken in a thousand parts It is the sliver of glass that is optimism in my heartContinue reading “Broken – Poem of the Month – May 2022”
Living Death
Living Death This pain of mine cannot be denied My anger chooses not to bargain As I sink into the lows of depression I cling hopelessly to the habits formed by your dysfunction My crippled heart beats to the sound of a broken drum Acceptance is my demise because each day I die a littleContinue reading “Living Death”
City of Lost Souls
City of Lost Souls The vanilla sky masked a sun desperate to break through Dreariness hung in the air like a wet blanket on hopes never to materialize Remains of life lived lay in derelict piles of rubble Dreams and memories scattered Never to be retrieved The city, a heart without a beat Ghosts ofContinue reading “City of Lost Souls”
Tiptoe Through The Tulips
Tiptoe Through the Tulips After last night’s storm the tulip petals are strewn across the patio where they mortally fluttered The stems lay where they were thrown Deflowered, Dead-headed as they landed in his face falling ingloriously at his feet Pistil and stamen in tact Naked tulips The deep violet petals took flight Descending toContinue reading “Tiptoe Through The Tulips”
Don’t Forget The Caregiver
Don’t Forget The Caregiver She asks for nothing but time so she might remember who she is and that for one waking moment she does not have to worry about his needs That she might be herself The one she knows still exists Someone carefree who brought joy into a room with her smile andContinue reading “Don’t Forget The Caregiver”
Daily Haiku – Thu. December 30, 2021
Senryu I will wait for you On the hilltop high above your pain and anguish Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Out To Sea
Out To Sea Breathless, sinking into dampened sand A collapsing heap of bones and skin lays immobile, grateful for silence but for the ebb and flow of waves washing the shore In silence memories flood into a mind trying to close the gates of hell Tears pour from eyes witness to the unspeakable A throatContinue reading “Out To Sea”
My poem is featured on MasticadoresUSA
I am honored that another of my poems, “Where Do We Go From Here?” is featured today on MasticadoresUSA. Please visit their site to view it and see other fine works from our fellow bloggers. You may also read it here. Thank you all for your continued support of my poetry. It is much appreciated.Continue reading “My poem is featured on MasticadoresUSA”
Taken
I am thrilled that MasticadoresUSA has featured my poem Taken. You can read it on their site or here at Poetry For Healing. Please check out the MasticadoresUSA site and view other poems and prose from our featured fellow writers. Taken Standing in silver light of consumed moon Staring out to sea Hair, raven blackContinue reading “Taken”
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