Category Archives: Fire

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

Inspire Me

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Helen

Inspire me Seduce me with your words Your imagery Is more than I deserve But sing to me Once more my muse, once more Don’t cling to me Inspiration’s all you’re for Inspire me Overcome me with desire So suddenly … Continue reading →

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Dread

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Helen

Why did I feel such dread To look upon your face And know you’d won the race? Why did my heart so fall And scream in silent pain To see you win again? What’s written on your palm And what … Continue reading →

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White Peacock

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

A mystery A rarity A beauty here Beyond the sea So delicate And yet so strong So elegant A haunting song And who believes Such creatures breathe In brightened light In feathers wreathed? Found not in dark Nor cold daylight … Continue reading →

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For Ionia

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange for generosity … Continue reading →

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The Dark Glade

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

This dark glade Where lovers meet in secret To play charades How many vows are broken And dreams betrayed In this dark glade? Beneath dark bows Where leaves that fall are blackness And are death somehow How many strange transgressions … Continue reading →

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

The poet said it best I see His knowledge and his artistry The future that his soul foresees The path of fallen breadcrumbs Where all of youth and life succumbs As something wicked this way comes The oracle within his … Continue reading →

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Infamy

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

These names that reek depravity Vlad Dracul and De Sade, Marquis Gilles De Rais of Jeanne D’Arc’s army The grasping Countess Bathory Blood soaked rites and cruelty Demand a soulless infamy Damnation for eternity Eternity In literature’s deep, darkest fame The … Continue reading →

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Closer

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

I am closer to the heart Of this mystery I am closer to the weave Of hidden history I am closer to the space Between the worlds I am closer to the flags As yet unfurled I am closer to … Continue reading →

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Dream Big

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Life’s no rehearsal No matter how it seems Aim not for half-truths Reach for the extremes Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Live large, live large Make sure that you … Continue reading →

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United

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

Our hands clasp across this misery Determined we arise There’s time now to re-write history To stand united in our eyes A slave’s life these days are seen as free Deluded by diversion And yet now entrapped we still will … Continue reading →

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