HAIKU: WHO IS THE CAPTAIN

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Who is the Captain

HAIKU: OFF BEATEN PATHWAYS

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I cannot wander

too far off beaten pathways

OUR LAST DANCE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

We started our Last Dance
five years ago
when we got the final diagnosis
we were dreading to hear 

TIC TOC A LITTLE FASTER, CLOCK

By Charles Robert Lindholm and Linda Luna

Tic Toc-ing clock

please move faster

and stop torturing me

Tic Toc a little faster, clock

and bring my lover

LOVE NOTES ON MY SKIN

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I love the way
that You love me
You always make it
thrilling 

I crave the passion
in Your kisses

A VINTAGE LOVER

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Vintage beauty,
elegance and grace
with classic lines
and a lovely face 

SCAR STORIES – THE MARKS OF LIFE——————A FANTASY RESPONSE POEM TO “YET YOU STAYED” BY GINA/SINGLEDUST

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 

I SAW YOUR SCARS

BECAUSE I SEE YOU

BECAUSE I CANNOT

LOOK AWAY FROM YOU

 

YOUR HEART

AND YOUR SOUL

THEY THRILL ME

AS DOES EVERY

INCH OF YOUR SKIN

A FAIRY TALE FANTASTY

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

He took my wife
like a  villian
in a fairy tale
fantasy

like a black knight
on a stallion
he stole my love
from me

THE DREAM I DREAMED OF

By Charles Robert Lindholm

So many times I’ve struggled
so many people knew
I’d do the best I could
and somehow muddle through

HUMMING SOFTLY

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 

Softly Sundown comes

to put the day to bed

dusting off the dirt

kissing the hurts