Tag: shadow

Blog, Pain/Sadness

Darkness

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Darkness

The shadow falls across your face
and I lose you once more to the darkness 
Your time in the sunlight limited
by your own demons
robbing you of happiness
Once more allowing the chaos
to rule our world, destroying harmony
I watch with sadness as you are
consumed with anger and demand
retribution for wrongs only you perceive
I step back in horror as I witness
the madness consuming you
and I pray silently for the light


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Blog, Discovery

Who Am I?

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Who Am I?

In your shadow
I exist
losing myself
long ago
Content to be here
loving you
and being with you
 
As years go by
I remember me
The vibrancy
How I’d turn heads
when I entered
rooms full with people
Speaking freely
 
I could spin a story
and amuse
I would attract
with my voice
and laughter
nightly
Excitement!
 
This is how you
found me
Drawn to me
by a magnetic pull
and here I stayed
with you as
my private audience
 
Now, no one knows
my name
I am seen
but no one sees me
Sometimes
I feel the strain
Who have I become?
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Prompts:

Nightly - WotD
Strain - RDP
Speak - Go Dog Go Cafe

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Blog, Survival

Shadow of the Sword

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Shadow of the Sword

Scared of the shadows
You take my hand 
and lead me gently
from the darkness 
Still trembling with fear
I hold onto you
Resisting the slight pull
from the invisible harness
 
For reasons unknown
I trust you with my life
No flare sent up
Perhaps this is infatuation
A desire for something
I have never had
Is it your strength of force?
Or is it an adulteration?
 
Are you rescuing me
from the ghosts of my past?
Protecting me from evil
So my life will live with yours
How I wish to forget
what I will leave behind
I fear nothing will be resolved
Locked behind dungeon doors
 
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©


In response to:
Sue Vincent's Weekly Photo Prompt - Write/Photo - Blade

Word Prompts:

Trust

Flare

Reason

Infatuation

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Blog, Pain/Sadness

		
		
Shedding Skin

		

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Shedding Skin


Once upon my being

I wished my life be freeing

From the ties that bind

Happiness held in escrow

Lost in someone’s shadow

Living a life so unkind


On the outside looking in

All you see is a shiny ring

Promises eventually shattered

Emotions begin ricocheting

and tempers escalating

A marriage becomes tattered


What was once excitement

Is sadly no longer vibrant

A relationship ugly and spiteful

Each partner throwing shade

Decisions need to be made

Whose testament is rightful


The battle exhausting

Divorce unrewarding

I carry myself with grace

Hope has diminished

My journey unfinished

I disappear without a trace


 


Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©


Word Prompts:


Ring


Ricochet


Vibrant


Grace


OctPoWriMo – Poem a Day #15 – If I were me


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Blog, Hope

		
		
Deviate

		

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Trucking along the road


Disregarding life’s load


Taking advantage of the free ride


Letting someone else be the guide


Never to deviate from the course


Using another as the centrifugal force


Having lost all sense of being


You are now merely sightseeing


A shadow of your former self


Resembling an object on a mantle shelf 


Used and abused with no voice


You have forgotten that you have a choice


Pave your own way out of that hell


All stigma attached you must dispel


You have the strength to be reborn


Heal the parts of you that are worn


Find yourself once more


Start walking to that door


On the other side is hope


A new life is not beyond your scope


Christine Bolton


Word of the Day Challenge: Deviate


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