Tag Archives: Aspiration

Beauty Ages

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Helen

Beauty ages so The cultural rules apply We will not deny The face forms hollows The lines of age hold their sway On too soon a day Beauty ages all The finest flower in time Loses her sweet prime And … Continue reading →

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Black Label

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Helen

We keep our special secrets Hidden in deep cellars Personal black label Seen by very few The finest delicacies Are forbidden fruits Like the pomegranate Dear Persephone knew It’s a thing of pride That we here hide away Our true … 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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The Great Beauty

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Helen

Once celebrated On the world’s stage The perfect picture On the front page What of the swan With the progress of age? The great beauty Of the silver screen Parties, bonhomie Everyone’s queen But as the light fades Is she … Continue reading →

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Mystic’s Last Love Song – for Prompt 42 Tired Surrender

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Helen

Upon these streets I have listlessly wandered Within lost thoughts I have sunken and floundered In brittle light bathed I’m en-webbed and confounded Ears harkening to the call A barefoot adept, arms outstretched on high In this moment more afraid to … Continue reading →

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Golden Fleece

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Helen

Chasing the mythical All of my life How many windmills. How many windmills? All things fantastical Fall to my knife Is this a standstill, Is this a standstill? Dreaming of mastery Could it be mine? How many quests now, How … Continue reading →

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Shopping Spree

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Helen

I’ve been on an internet shopping spree There’s something lost in the pit of me Buy one of these and get another free! I trade desolation for purchased glee Click, click, click where it says buy All else is useless, … Continue reading →

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Prom Queen

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Helen

She was once the prom queen She was held in high esteem There was never in between Not for this pure prom queen That was in her younger days Then she had her power plays And she had her charming … Continue reading →

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Next In Line

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Helen

I’m here Your next in line I’m alone But I’m feeling fine I can wait For the longest time The longest time Don’t forget That I’m next in line Patience is A virtue so divine And you’re worth All my … Continue reading →

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A God’s Life

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Helen

Immemorial, immaterial Immortal This terrible existence Without end Competing energy electric Sing your symphonies In incorporeal space And of any earlier mercy Not a trace Revered in legend, longing Lamentations A god’s life spans Everything Personality of vibrancy Peculiar vernacular … Continue reading →

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