Tag Archives: ambition

Future Minds

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Helen

These youths that deride Our older remedies Are the future minds That one day yet will take Upon themselves The shackles of the age And as they age they’ll know They’re only future minds For but the briefest time Once … 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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Incremental

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Helen

The road to despair is incremental It is rarely a steep descent Instead it follows pathways Of bleak and blighted hope Opportunities so close Within grasp and then elusive It builds an edifice so slowly Too late you see yourself … 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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The Lesser Bite

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Helen

The lesser bite Of a stranger’s rejection Still stings Perhaps on its own It would never cause Such pain But it seems it comes In groups, as do These things So the cut though slight Seems somehow deep Again A … 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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Children of a Lesser Pantheon

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Helen

He told me that Children of a lesser pantheon Cannot rise This world has here allotted Every trinket, every prize Ambition was neurosis In his eyes He told me that Your nature more than nurture Determined size It was the … Continue reading →

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Precarious

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Helen

I’m balancing precariously Embracing life’s uncertainty Preparing for adversity But praying for the sun I’ll bet on my capacity To sell my true diversity To finally find the place for me To let my spirit run My life’s become hilarity … Continue reading →

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Draw Card

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Helen

Give me the draw card Give me some time I’ll bring the people You bring the crime Give me the headline Give me a star They’ll come to see this Travel afar Give me a tagline Zeitgeist is fed They … Continue reading →

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This Sporting Life

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Helen

We are the captains This sporting life We wear the right uniforms We say the right words The dice that we roll Are loaded and absurd We sail the tall ships This sporting life We know these seas well We … Continue reading →

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