Senryu I feel your presence Even though you are not here Touching me with love Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Tue. November 23, 2021
Tag: presence
Meeting
Meeting
The coolness of the marble
Soothed her feeling of duress
Waiting patiently for the outcome
She smoothed down her dress
Looking quickly in her compact
She checked her hair
A stray wisp had escaped
Giving her an eclectic flair
The museum was quiet
She gazed at the artwork
Standing in front of the painting
Her face creased to a smirk
She knew he was there
As his presence was felt
Turning she saw him
And her body began to melt
She had left a trail
Knowing he would follow
He had pursued willingly
Finding her at the Picasso
He said her name out loud
By the sound she was awed
He said with authority
“You are under arrest for art fraud”
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Today’s Word Prompts
Gone
Gone
No more black and white
Just shadows of grey
Direction is no longer clear
Since you went away
Numerous times
I question why
You left so suddenly
But never a reply
A ghost like presence
Where you once were
Never again
To darken my door
Your essence everywhere
Woven into my life
Carrying it in my body
Twisting against the knife
Your voice lingering
In the empty room
Not answering my words
Nothing left to exhume
Bravado my new guise
Not wishing to show anguish
Reflexive responses
In my misery I languish
A sense of foreboding
You will never return
Life with you
I will have to unlearn
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
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