Category Archives: Poetry

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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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Deep Silence

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Helen

This deep silence of morning Starless sky before dawn breaks Blanketed in dark and calm An island to myself I seek a comfort long forgotten In the weave of black and grey Dreams adrift and quickly floating Lover’s kiss a … Continue reading →

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Days

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Helen

I wrap my days with little tasks Chores and thought aimed to distract From this relentless sense of lack My time is filled with petty fights And aims from which all soul departs Out of banality, these daily arts Provide … Continue reading →

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Triumph

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Helen

The soul triumphant alights As eagles to the air The sky splinters across This desolate hemisphere As holy armies clash And raise their righteous spears Till this scarred spirit brings Hope yet to deep despair An angel’s wings must break … Continue reading →

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Once

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Helen

Once I felt my heart Murmur as the softness Of a slowly billowing summer breeze The sight of one Across a room who gazed A moment too long my way Found something stirred within I’d never thought this time Would … Continue reading →

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Safeguard

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Helen

I must safeguard my soul From darkness trickling Cross my pallid skin They say an invitation draws it in Draws it in Must barricade my heart A dream’s a hopeless place Here true despair begins They say that praying merely … Continue reading →

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Weight

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Helen

There is too much of me These days I lumber, old bones covered in skin that is loose, it folds across territories alien My rib cage disappeared so many years ago I can’t recall Beneath the layers hides the lithe form … Continue reading →

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Serene

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Helen

The serene quietude of night As lazy colours paint A fast retreating sky Above the stars alight One by perfect one To shine upon my way You’re there amongst the falling light Some stars have died and yet we see … Continue reading →

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Eden

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Helen

Beginnings are the hardest Too many rules And unknown faces What are the rituals of these places? What might only serpents know? No maps for virgin territory Only uncharted woods surrounding Why must life be so confounding? Time moves too … 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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