Category Archives: Air

Writing primarily expressing the element Air – thoughts, belief, theory, philosophy, satire and science.

Hypervigilance

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Helen

Hypervigilance Would sleep with one eye open If I only could PTSD haunts Flashes of dark memories Invade my tired mind Was this what you sought Dominion over comfort Just to show you could? So much time has passed Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, denial, Dominion, Hypervigilance, pain, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Sleep disorder | 9 Comments

Last Moments, Fallen in Battle

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Helen

Susseration Sounds, sibilant Surrounding silence Murmuring memories I am alive I am alive Breathing betrays Beckoning beauty Breaking all boundaries Reflecting realities I know death I know death Faithless friend Forebears and fathers Foster no fealty Embracing endlessness This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, battle, death, Faithless, Life, Spiritual, war | 10 Comments

Poetry and Truth

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Helen

Poetry is a way To tell the truth Through allegory Or make a perfect Argument So all who read agree But if my words Dissemble Or the message not read true We see poetry May also hide the truth Far … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, belief, choice, denial, Philosophy, poetry, truth | 11 Comments

House of Lies

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Helen

This is a house of lies These hallways can disguise The players and the gamblers Vying for the prize This house is full of ghosts These evil, spectral hosts Whisper words to damn you Darken souls the most The politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, denial, Games, ghosts, house, lies, Philosophy, truth, winning | 11 Comments

Coincidence

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Helen

When does a coincidence Turn into prophecy? How many instances Combine to synchronicity? How many overlaps Till we are forced to see How many times must combine For a trend to be? I know that I may see a ‘face’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged coincidence, dark, denial, patterns, prophecy, risk, Spider web, synchronicity, threat, trap | 9 Comments

Falsity

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Helen

Once I felt My heart open A physical sensation Like a bud in bloom A stillness covered me I felt I heard a voice And strange electricity Filled the room But this was just a trick Of light and laughter … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged deception, delusion, heart, innocence, Love, madness, Relationships | 4 Comments

Games of the Fey

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Helen

See spirits and sprites Delicately dance and dare Humans to their world Alice though the glass Found the same strange haunting there Down this curving road Do not eat the fruit Pomegranate lays its trap Sweetest nectar calls Come back … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alice in wonderland, dark, dissociation, Dreams, fairy, fairy tales, fey, spirits, sprite | 10 Comments

Et In Arcadia Ego

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Helen

Dread and terrible Deep running stream Unlit by sun Source of sustenance For dark knowledge’s thirst At this entrance See the words To remind us still Et in Arcadia ego Paradise is a moment In the flow of time Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, Arcadia, art, dark, death, Et in Arcadia ego, history, kronos, Mercury, merovingian, mystery schools, painting, Philosophy, skull, Spiritual | 8 Comments

Lost Angels

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Helen

Suspect feelings rise A glimpse of something so old It decays from within A mask worn Through the mirror dark Reflects back a truth Soothsayers would scream for Lash across the back Splinters of words And dreams Corrode the flesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged angelic, angels, dark, denial, dissociation, fallen angels, madness, memory, Musings, Spiritual | 19 Comments

Dragon Loyalty Award

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

http://jrosenberry1.wordpress.com nominated me for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award!! Given my fairly obvious love of dragons this was especially touching, and also coming from such a great writer and fellow blogger. I highly recommended that you visit her blog – her … Continue reading →