Category Archives: Fire

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

Shifting Sand

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Helen

If it were to end now I wouldn’t mind I’ve led a full life to my definition There’s little left behind I’ve tasted love enough to fill me My hunger was refined And I’ve learnt to be more generous More … Continue reading →

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Muse

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen

Sing me your song of love Sing me your song Hand in hand, glove in glove Here I’ll belong If you must stray from me Don’t tarry long Sing me your song of love Sing me your song Write for … Continue reading →

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The Fear

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Helen

Live with the fear Poised as an animal About to flee or fight In trembling Dissembling Find odd delight My knife against your throat Makes swallowing hard And yet you’ll know Each breath of life Each turn of card Live … Continue reading →

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Person of Interest

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Helen

You were a person of interest In the pit of my life A criminal, dark nightshade A switch blade knife Your photo pinned to walls And jagged lines The passage of relationships Are here defined A sociopath in cultured clothes … Continue reading →

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Rid Of Me – for Prompt 25 PJ Harvey

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

Loquacious in your silence you are a jackal or born of one You’ve been on the hunt again way past midnight Even ghosts writhe in pain in your wake Fretful you have walked these empty, wide suburban streets Pacing beneath … Continue reading →

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Fall

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen

I understand your fall Somehow across the centuries I live and feel it all The fear and the intrigues Are familiar, I recall I somehow know them all A sword upon your throat The weaving of the politic Pretenders here … Continue reading →

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Marketplace

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Helen

They are dancing in the marketplace With colours wild and free There’s a riddle here I cannot place There’s something here of me The items that they here display Are colourful and grand And I may ask them if I … Continue reading →

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Richard III

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Helen

History is chronicled by winners Richard how black was your heart? Shakespeare would have you the villain Usurping lord from the start Was there a moment of kindness Or loyalty and fealty you owned Was it ambition propelled you Brief … Continue reading →

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Dominion

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Helen

This time we will have true dominion This year we will take control This moment is poised for our victory And all of our virtues extol The crown and the spectre are waiting Our place is best there on the … Continue reading →

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Magician

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Helen

The magician draws the night About his shoulders as a cloak His ritual is deep delight A fire rising from its smoke Dimensions open to his word And spirits rising from their graves A bloodied heart, a fiery sword Damnation … Continue reading →

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