
Senryu At peace with myself I raise my arms to the sky Giving thanks to you Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu At peace with myself I raise my arms to the sky Giving thanks to you Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Inner calm is found with a life of harmony forgiveness and peace Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved ©
Senryu Tomorrow beckons Time to let go of this day and find peace in sleep Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Finally peace found Silence is a welcome gift A time to reflect Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
She sat quietly in the small space she’d discovered on the top floor of her uncle’s house. A box room, probably meant for storage, but there was a chair, some old boxes of books and small window overlooking the lake.
She was reflecting on recent events that had brought her here. The hectic comings and goings of visitors had given her an excuse to disappear for a while.
Grateful for the solace of the tiny room, she let her mind wander wherever it chose to go. A sudden knock on the door made her jump.
“Ella. Are you in there?”, said her cousin Joel.
She wondered how long before someone came looking.
“What are you doing?” He demanded. “We need to talk”
She replied reluctantly, “Joel, if you are a dreamer, come on in. If not, then you can just let me be. OK?”
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All Rights Reserved
Lillian is hosting Prosery Monday at D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with the line "If you are a dreamer, come on in". The line is from Shel Silverstein’s poem, Invitation, as published in his wonderful book, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We are to write a piece of Flash Fiction no more that 144 words long, excluding the title, and MUST use the prompt line as stated. Image by Gaby Stein from Pixabay
Senryu I’m alone once more Sitting in peace with nature A perfect moment Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu In your solitude You will find the needed peace To begin to heal Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Peace easy to find Allowing nature to soothe and calm troubled minds Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Arguments and battles aside Fighting words flying on wind taking patience its passenger Tempers calming into silence and stillness descending Lacking leverage a war lost A battle without a winner Exhausted and spent Peace is finally declared Empathy for enemy evident Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Patient - Word of the Day Empathy - RDP Leverage - FOWC
I feel myself recoiling
and closing down
Shutting out the dissonance
No fight left inside me
One more spiteful remark
will make no difference
Your comfortable chaos
has slowly eaten away
at my core
Calculated and manipulative
Strategically planned
to wound in your war
Peace will only come
in my final retreat
Conceding to the last
Words have left me
As I withdraw from the conflict
and leave you in my past
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
OctPoWriMo - Day 31 - Peace
Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting Open Link Night
at D'Verse Poets Pub
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