Category Archives: Fire

Writing primarily expressing the element Fire – action, ego, creativity, passion, lust, activity.

Writing Challenge – Conspiracy

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Helen

There is nothing here for you The broken memories have corroded Like a fire they’ve burned through And all you might have tested Is now just a part of you And I have tried To make sense of this game … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Helen

These things they say of hope I cannot see them Find myself blind It seems to me that times of hope Were times that would precede despair It was the thing I clinged to When nothing else was there And … Continue reading →

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Scoundrels

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Helen

Fickle friends and faithless lovers Scoundrels all, no band of brothers Fair weather companions promising all Cloudy day comes, not even a call Would be winners, they pridefully boast Welcoming arms, the most perfect hosts First bitter wind, shutting the door … Continue reading →

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Pendulum

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Helen

The pendulum no longer swings There is no latitude And no breeze To stir it either way It shudders at best Once war cries Reverberated on either side You knew the difference And a turn of fate Meant something Now … Continue reading →

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Dominion

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Helen

What is your dominion? Your ravaged terrain is bleeding Your soldiers fallen, leaving Like ghosts floating across A broken sky What is your dominion? This grasp for power petty A childhood dream gone sour And at this appointed hour You … Continue reading →

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One More

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Helen

One more they cry One more A moment further to delay The fall of the axe The toll of the bell One more they plead One more A day is all Worth fighting for One more One more they say … Continue reading →

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Your Gaze

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Helen

Your gaze was far too old And we were but teenagers then Still unformed and awkward But the intensity drilled within Spoke of hope and dreams and sin And it lingers with me still In these later, later years Something … 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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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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Vacuum

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Helen

You are ego walking You are blood lust talking All the dreams you’re stalking Just an ego walking Bully is your watchword Kindness never occurred Weakness is just absurd Just a bully’s watchword You are pure destruction This is my … Continue reading →

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