Tag Archives: Aspiration

Sweet Derangement

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Helen

Sweet derangement of the senses Brittle voices, mission bell Truth distorted, past defences Secrets too bizarre to tell Acid dreams and cocktail fancy Spread-eagled specimen here lies From some pit of necromancy Comes the darkened lord of flies In the … Continue reading →

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Falcon

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Helen

The falcon has escaped The falconer’s reach Soaring triumphant Across blue-black sky A piecing eye Blinks careful against the cold There are harbingers here In winged flight The aim has faltered Man is bested A moment’s conflagration Passes in silence … Continue reading →

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I Am To You

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Helen

I am to you oracle Friend of the future Telepath of mystery Forgotten hope I am to you sustenance In a desert Feast of attention Celebrating inner lack I am to you succour For endless hunger Your quiet, dignified desperation … Continue reading →

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Moon

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Helen

Like the mystic Let me fall A time of unity Yet recall To the Beloved Let me cleave Let the ego Perish, leave Let the spirit In me shine Nought for me For all is Thine In these moments We … Continue reading →

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Corruptio Optimi Pessima

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Helen

This fervour Honestly felt To secure The common wealth To minister to The country’s health Enters the school Of ways and means To be mentored By silent stealth This Creator This god: Choice And the patterns Of unique voice On … Continue reading →

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Resolve

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Helen

Resolve now to remember Resolve to atone Resolve This agenda cannot be postponed Resolve to recover Resolve to protect Resolve to be chosen To be one of the elect Resolve to be strong Resolve to be sure Resolve to absolve … Continue reading →

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Aspiration

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

You cling to the ragged coat-tails of my indecisive elevation Flapping helpless, errant clothes on the line in the midst of a storm Or a leaf buoyant but aimless on the crest of a river’s wave You see in me … Continue reading →

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How Is It That…?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Helen

How is it that You always make me smile Your thin demeanour Serious gaze Your under-stated style All make me want To see your face And linger here awhile How is it that Your laugh is like a summer song? … Continue reading →

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After Life

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I felt the last Single beat Of my heart Like a bell Tolling deep In a ruined cathedral My body spent I arose Like a whisper To find Fallen leaves And yesterday’s echoes No shining light Beckoned me No depths … Continue reading →

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Communion

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Eyes across a room Commune In a knowing glance Advance Eyelids flutter by A lie Do we yet have proof Of truth? Daemon to daemon Here upon Greater than our past We clasp Smaller souls here lost The cost Witness … Continue reading →

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