Category Archives: Fire

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

Prometheus

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Helen

This Prometheus Firegiver Seekers’ friend Sacrificial generosity Humble us before The altar of your gift It is feels as though I walked with the gods Last evening Seeing a fiery star Fall to the ground And a vulture rise To … Continue reading →

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This Means War

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Helen

Prepare our troops I have seen your plans You will not succeed To tie my hands Your blinkered approach Has no strategy Think twice before you Lay siege to me I know your desires What you’re fighting for But I am … Continue reading →

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Supernova

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Helen

The end Is many coloured Fractured lights Entropy has failed Too incremental To succeed A dieing sun A dieing son…. Energy reignites Through collapse In fire we are purged To begin again A solitary star In a vast sea Of … Continue reading →

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Fear – Nothing Now But You

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Helen

All my nightmares now are you There is no other person, thing, or creature That can so chill my blood Rend the very beat from my heart Make me sick, to my soul At the very thought Of crossing your … Continue reading →

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Elemental

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Helen

I am left Free-floating up in the air I am left Wondering if I should care I am left Here, when I should have been there I am left Floating here, up in the air I have fallen Deep to the … Continue reading →

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Connected Limericks

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Helen

An ambitious woman once said Tis better to lead than be led But with no-one to follow Her pride she must swallow On bitterest truth is she fed A deluded woman believed That she helped all the people she grieved … Continue reading →

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Just a Game

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Helen

Plots and schemes Nefarious dreams Ace up sleeve Poised to leave False faced friend Truth suspends Melodrama If you harm her One way out Moment’s doubt Draw your gun It’s begun One left standing So demanding Truth re-framed It’s just … Continue reading →

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To My WordPress Community

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Helen

In this warm community Embraced by fellow scribes It’s like I find immunity From harsher real life tribes Your friendship and your words Awake a dream within Your writings are like birds About to take to wing I thank you … Continue reading →

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Fallen Muse

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Helen

With whatever strength you first admire Will bring the depth of cut known at the fall When the one to whom you would aspire Turns out to own the feet of clay of all Where once his words and lyrics … Continue reading →

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Performance

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Helen

You perform Your unique pantomime Causing such heartbreak As the rhythm keeps time Voice of an angel Heart darker than death Searching for victims With every breath Subtle seduction You hide it all By seeming to show Your heart on … Continue reading →

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