Sometimes love can be a drug. Blinding you to the hold that someone can have over you. An addiction to a person that is potentially unhealthy.
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The Lion’s Share
Bright and colorfulHeads turned as you approachedBringing smiles of approvalConfident, knowingYou surveyed your surroundingsThose flashy, fishy fins tipped with venomAnd long sexy spinesWith powerful neurotoxinsTo disarm your preyBeautiful to the eyeBut deadly and poisonous Copyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights Reserved Mish is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse and has promptedContinue reading “The Lion’s Share”
In The Wings
Will waiting in the wings in someone else’s shadow ever give you a chance to shine?
Which Way?
Every which way we turn there is likely a reason for it and we make the choice for doing so. Which way to go? Forwards, backwards, left or right?
Song Lyric Sunday – Love Never Felt So Good
“Love Never Felt So Good” is a song by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released posthumously on May 2, 2014. The song, reworked from a 1980 demo track originally composed by Jackson and Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka, was the first single released from Jackson’s second posthumous album, Xscape.
Broken in Pieces
Personal change can be difficult. Changing the dynamic of a relationship can be daunting. A voyage of self discovery is sometimes necessary in order to effect the change.
Song Lyric Sunday – American Idiot – A Concept Album
American Idiot, a concept album. It is written from the perspective of a lower-middle-class suburban American teen, raised on a diet of “soda pop and Ritalin.” Jesus of Suburbia hates his hometown and those close to him, so he leaves for the city.
Song Lyric Sunday – These Days
Today, for Song Lyric Sunday, our host Jim Adams has asked for a song from a live album. In 2015 I got to see one of my favorite artists, Jackson Browne, in concert. It was one of his solo acoustic tours featuring just him with his collection of guitars lined up on statge and aContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – These Days”
All Of You
Your smile lights The stars in a night skyAn embroidered blanket of sequinsYour grace warmsThe winter of my heartThawing the frozen ice always thereYour kindnessGives joy like a spring lambFilling me with hope for the futureYour deep loveLingers in scented bloomsOf vibrant perennial flowersCopyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedLaura isContinue reading “All Of You”
Forget-Me-Not
Have you ever come across a view that stopped you in your tracks and you marveled at the beauty of the moment or the object in your view? Those moments or wonder can stay with you for a lifetime
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