She did not scout
the darkness
Allowing it to lure
her into the passage
of time
Realizing
there was no going back
Bait and switch
Trapped forever
living in the past
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Scout
Passage
Switch
Haiku
A quarter of moon
Peeking through the evening clouds
Lighting the way home
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
You were young and beautiful, a breath of fresh air, and we all watched you with our jaws on the sidewalk.
Anything was possible for someone like you. So perfect you could hang the moon and the stars. I was completely smitten and let you wrap me around your little finger. I would have done anything for you.
One evening you agreed to take a walk with me along the bank of the river. That night I shared my true feelings with you, telling you how beautiful you were, and that your eyes twinkled like the stars in the sky. You laughed in my face. Your words cutting me like a knife.
In anger I placed my hands around your throat and squeezed until you laughed no more.
That night I dreamt I was the moon and you were the one who hanged me..
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Sarah is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and she has prompted us with a flash fiction piece of 144 words exactly, using the words I dreamt I was the moon from the poem Full Moon by Alice Oswald.
Trying to untie
the macramé
of my thoughts
Knotted every
which way
Tightly bound
and resistant
to my attempts
All I can do is hope
for a fray
The more
I struggle
the more it stings
Words no longer
coherent
A jumbled mind
looking for release
from this
cloud covering
obscurant
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Prompts
Sting
Coherent
Go Dog Go Cafe - Promote Yourself Monday
Senryu
Heavy rain falling
Drowning my sorrows tonight
Washing away pain
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
This week’s prompts from Jim Adams for Song Lyric Sunday are Wedding, Marry, Diamond, Ring and Cake. I went with White Wedding by Billy Idol.
I hope you enjoy it. Have a great Sunday!
Lyrics
White Wedding
Billy Idol
Hey little sister, what have you done?
Hey little sister, who's the only one?
Hey little sister, who's your superman?
Hey little sister, who's the one you want?
Hey little sister, shotgun!
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
Hey little sister, who is it you're with?
Hey little sister, what's your vice or wish?
Hey little sister, shotgun, oh yeah
Hey little sister, who's your superman?
Hey little sister, shotgun!
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
Pick it up!
Take me back home, yeah
Hey little sister, what have you done?
Hey little sister, who's the only one?
I've been away for so long
I've been away for so long
I let you go for so long
It's a nice day to start again
Come on it's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
There is nothing fair in this world
There is nothing safe in this world
And there's nothing sure in this world
And there's nothing pure in this world
Look for something left in this world start again!
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: BILLY IDOL
White Wedding lyrics © Chrysalis Music, Boneidol Music,
Woolly Puddin' Music, Scrapin' Toast Music, Irving Berlin Music Company,
ESSEX MUSIC INC, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP INC
OBO BONEIDOL MUSIC
Senryu
A cross word spoken
Can never be taken back
Without consequence
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
It is no one’s fault
That I find myself here
By the water’s edge
Where else would I be?
Searching for answers
as is my way
I look up to the sky
and count the stars
framing the memory
in my mind
Remembering the last time
Here with you
I am not the prisoner
living within your mind
Nor your property
but yet you judge me
I came and left
grateful to be free
I picture the angle
of your jaw
that ever so slight
smirk on your face
your eyes, your hair,
your voice
Tiredness comes
eventually
and I am calm
Resting now
between the layers
of my thoughts
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Prompts
Sue Vincent's Thursday Write/Photo - Calm
Angle - RDP
Frame - SoCS
The Fault in our Stars - Go Dog Go Cafe
MLMM Saturday Mix - Mad about the Metaphor
The flicker of movement
in the corner of my eye
Warm breath on my neck
A soft touch
against my cheek
These things
Let me know
of your presence
When sadness consumes me
or I dissolve in a meltdown
the house lights will flash
That little bird sitting
on my shoulder
Whispering in my ear
and I know
you’ve heard me
These subtle messages
of communication
Imagined or not
give me the strength
I need to grow without you
for you have gone now
to somewhere else
across the Universe
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts
Universe
Melt
Image Jonny Lindner from Pixabay
Haiku
Ospreys seen nesting
Up on the telephone pole
Safely out of reach
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©