Author Archives: Helen

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About Helen

I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.

Eden

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Helen

Beginnings are the hardest Too many rules And unknown faces What are the rituals of these places? What might only serpents know? No maps for virgin territory Only uncharted woods surrounding Why must life be so confounding? Time moves too … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Helen

Age depletes the need for beauty We are freed from bitter longing which in youth defined our very being, standing lost before a mirror turning left and right for nature’s kinder sight to find the angles where the shadows and … Continue reading →

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Pen

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Helen

The pen is weary All the ink run dry Across a parchment scratches Ideas lost in time No new blood is drawn From the pain of life There are only tears And banality Nothing left for me The screen is … Continue reading →

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Concubine

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Helen

I was your concubine of perversity Across your twisted mind the games we’d played Were the rivulets where the stitches frayed What did you say when just standing there The lonely man upon the highest stair All the butterflies nesting … Continue reading →

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Razor’s Edge

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Helen

I’m on the razor’s edge Of impossibilities On every road to choose A hungry devil waits Caught in the cold Implacable hands of fate From this trajectory I can’t deviate I’m barely breathing When the road before Is too straight … Continue reading →

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Digging Deep

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Helen

Delving in the past To find our future Little rest And far less sleep We were digging deep Our ancestors’ lives Create a blood link Running thick Down mountains steep We were digging deep Is your forbear In your furrowed … Continue reading →

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Gems

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Helen

You are citrine Yellow wonder That’s capturing the sun You are amethyst Royal purple Your kingdoms yet begun You are ruby Like a blood kiss Pressed soft upon my cheek You are emerald Like wondrous water Of nature’s purest creek … Continue reading →

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Hide

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Helen

These streets are no place To hide, they are too bright And far too wide And all the houses here beside The doors too narrow For our stride In caves forgotten we may Yet dwell, I knew them once So … Continue reading →

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An Education

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Helen

You were an education to me You showed me what I didn’t Want to see How souls corrode and hearts Too quickly bleed And if you’ve once surrendered Never free You were to innocence a teacher cold The truths you … Continue reading →

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Children of a Lesser Pantheon

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Helen

He told me that Children of a lesser pantheon Cannot rise This world has here allotted Every trinket, every prize Ambition was neurosis In his eyes He told me that Your nature more than nurture Determined size It was the … Continue reading →

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