Senryu Flexibility In a love relationship Both of you will win Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Friday, July 28, 2023
Tag: Relationship
Unhealthy
Unhealthy
Would that those spiteful words
Be unsaid
So my cracked heart
stings no more
Had I not seen you
then surely my happiness
would still be in tact
Our love song was unsung
I accepted the ending
and have only myself to blame
That ship had sailed
You had slipped from sight
beneath the waves
of life’s disorder
and I pulled you back
to the surface
Can a sight be unseen?
Can words ever be unheard?
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All Rights Reserved
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One Liner Wednesday – Who’s Crazy?
Have you ever been in a new relationship and thought everything was going well and then there was that moment when you thought “OMG, what the heck just happened?” Uh huh, me too! I would love to hear your stories, so please share!
For Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.
Riptide
Riptide
Swimming in your troubled waters I am caught in a riptide which pulls me from the safety of the shore Struggling in its undertow and unable to hold on to you any longer I feel you slipping through my arms as I am carried away from you and your tempestuous sea of anger Not knowing where I will be taken I am scared, my arms flailing to stay afloat My heart yearns for an emotional life raft to cling to before surrendering to the currents I pray for peace wherever the tide takes me Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night at D’Verse Poets
Out of the Groove – A Quadrille
Out of the Groove
Over time, with circumstances pushing us in different directions, our groove has been smoothed out We no longer fall into each other Instead with our balance regained we stand independently Me, strong without your weight pulling me down You, floundering because you never tried Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved De Jackson (aka Whimsy Gizmo) is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets She has prompted us with "Groove" Any which way we want to use it. A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title.
Enigma – An Acrostic Plus poem
Enigma
You were awkward from the first conversation Opinionated and judgmental Understanding nothing of what I said Arranged to meet with many Reservations, but was intrigued Even bought a new dress And who would have believed it? No overstated opinions or arrogance I cannot even remember what I ate We talked and laughed until dawn Having sipped on many a martini We both had difficulty leaving And clung to each other, what was the harm? Sprinkled in fairy dust we floated in a fantasia Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lillian is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with a puzzle and acrostic poetry. the first letter of each line spells out a word and if you write an acrostic plus poem the last letter of each line is the resulting word that brings it together. I hope mine makes sense to you ☺️ Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
Internal Conflict
Internal Conflict
Battle weary and scarred Yet neither side retreats Surrender off the table Warring sides of lovers Ugly and vicious Fighting for life For dignity For children For peace that never comes because there is no winner in a conflict of emotions Lawyers will ultimately award the prize of lost dreams Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Bjorn is hosting D'Verse Poets Pub tonight and has prompted us with 'War" Image by Iván Tamás from Pixabay
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
Ever changing circle of life and love Growing and evolving with respect and honor Giving and receiving Supporting and leaning Loving and hating Sometimes crashing and burning with resentment and bitterness Futile arguments Begrudging compromise Sending each other in different directions Searching for emotional life rafts A place to breathe and heal from stinging words of anger hurled without thought More harshly spoken than truth in their meaning Uneven edges of a puzzle trying to fit any which way Sharp corners slicing softness leaving bloody lesions Healing but scarring Forever reminders of imperfections on each side of the equation A never-ending challenge Learning to live and love as one Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Futile - Word of the Day Begrudge - FOWC
Who Are You?
Who Are You?
What happened to you?
Spouting allegations
I recognize you no more
You are a strange aberration
Like a two headed monster
With whom am I dealing
An anomaly of a man
Who can leave me reeling
Unable to collect myself
when you turn on a dime
My feelings muddled
Being slow is now a crime
Confidence has been lost
I bounce off your arrogance
Spinning and confused
I doubt my relevance
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
In response to V. J's Weekly Challenge - Anomaly
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