Author: Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink

I am a happily married Mama of two awesome kids, trying a find a way to coexist within a world full of things I fear. Anxiety might as well be my middle name, but now I want to move on from this long chapter in my life and learn to live again, or maybe even for the first time.

I Finally Knew What it Meant to Be Free~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 13, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash-poetry ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Rebecca Orlov | Epic Playdate on Unsplash I Finally Knew What it Meant to Be Free down, deep inside my pocketI forgot to keep your heart safethe echos in the wind were silencedgreen flooded the streets through the gates .I played the white keys on the pianoas fools danced out on the...

Another Moment I Want to Erase From My Memory~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 12, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Daniele Levis Pelusi on Unsplash-poetry ~Poetry is NOT dead! ~Poetry is for everyone!~ ~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash-poetry Another Moment I Want to Erase From My Memory the glow dies out from swelling around movementsspinning so fast the air took its breathhang up the phone one more time in my earI look back and wonder how we all got herethe screwdriver went...

Talking to the Angels~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 11, 2023 2 Comments
Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash-poetry Poetry is NOT dead!Poetry is for everyone! Happy Poetry!~ Photo by eberhard šŸ– grossgasteiger on Unsplash-poetry Talking to the Angels~A short poem~ flying with countless rainbows in the sky butterflies with multicolored attire communing with clouds in the heavens above telling secrets to the angels about our love Photo by Philippe Oursel on...

Washing Away the Filth~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 10, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by JD Designs on Unsplash-poetry ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Shashank Sahay on Unsplash-poetry Washing Away the Filth~Poetry the disasterlike a hurricanehas disruptedpast narratives.the truth flew awaytheir tongues decayedrags around their mouthsfire circled around the house.they lost the day; it slipped beneathdepression manifested through...

It Doesn’t Have to Be~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 9, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash-poetry ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Dylan Sauerwein on Unsplash-poetry It Doesn't Have to Be send the message outI have decided to get helpI need to clean out my mindand learn to leave the past behindIā€™m sick of the intrusive thoughtsand my wounds being filled with saltif I can learn how to let go of my...

Take Care of Your Mental Health~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 9, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Dids: ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Take Care of Your Mental Health the land stays put while your mind racesyou canā€™t stand still, so busy pacingitā€™s too overwhelming what youā€™re facingitā€™s better now to stop youā€™re blaming. your brain feels like a spinning wheelyou donā€™t know how to act or feelthe atmosphere doesnā€™t feel realtwo days since...

Trying to Let Go of Anger~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 6, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Rodolfo Clix: ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash-poetry Trying to Let Go of Anger I look above to the radiant skyand try to see my Father behind the cloudsI press my hands together and say a prayerand ask God for forgiveness, for I have been wrongcarrying around anger, I should have let goI need a new path and to learn how to...

The Visitor in My Ear~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 5, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Karolina Grabowska: ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~ ~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by byMALENS: The Visitor in My Ear my middle ear appears to have a strange visitorit wants a fish supper or steak for Sunday dinnerit likes to wake up and drink makeup from clay cupsit jumps and interrupts my inner lumps and bumps.my visitor reduces juices of bruises it producesit loosens excuses to...

Beware of Snares~~Poetry

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 4, 2023 0 Comments
Photo by Frans van Heerden: ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Carolina on Unsplash-poetry Beware of the Snares we plea for the fig tree to disagreethe bee gleefully flees to safetya man plays a bizarre tune on the shiny guitaras he smokes his cigar in his big fancy car.as he steers, the roads are sunny and cleara deer appears in the rearview mirrorthe sun...

Iā€™ve Wronged the Frog~~Poetry~

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink January 3, 2023 2 Comments
Photo by Macro Photography: ~Poetry is NOT dead!~~Poetry is for everyone!~~Happy Poetry!~ Photo by Anjana C: Iā€™ve Wronged the Frog the tethered leather fails to soothe the lady maybe has to choosea solid lock eats keys for drinktwo trees are smiling in the pink.a frail lady bends her kneesthe dog spits fire, and jubileeIā€™ve wronged the frog, and now in debtthe pond went dry; your shoes are...