Tag Archives: Aspiration

First Desire for Prompt 34 ‘My First’

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Helen

If I try very hard I may recall Days of innocence Before wit and eloquence Before confines and conformity Before knowledge of who I was And yet may be Within the world Of my small family I may recall The … Continue reading →

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Too Many

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

Too many years These pleasures pall Just salty tears Then none at all I seek to climb Only to fall Adrift in dreams A nightscape bright On weary lids Mere hope alights But as I reach It’s out of sight … Continue reading →

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Elegance

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

I wish that I had elegance I wish that I had grace I wish I had charisma A strong, arresting face I wish that I was fashionable I wish I had elan I wish the glitterati Bowed at my command … Continue reading →

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Genie

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Helen

He’s quite a trickster genie And his wishes hold a sting So be careful with desires Beware whiplashs they bring You can have a sleek trim body With your insides taken out Or your touch can give you riches But … Continue reading →

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Pan

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Helen

Wild forest whispers Ancient secrets Rising on the summer wind The moon’s riding high tonight Bathed in blood-red light He calls us to places where Our very souls begin Spirit of desire sublime Dark green forestry Coiling tendrils round each … Continue reading →

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Surrender

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Helen

This moment trembling Before the choice to believe Or withdraw A greater light shining from this door These hallowed halls are greeting me And all these truths here meeting me And should this moment fleeting be I weep, I love, … Continue reading →

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Mother Earth for Prompt 33 Man Vs Nature

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Helen

She is patience Held within Undulating, rock like skin Millennia of movement Slow, elliptical through space See her slumber See her spin Parasites we Feed without We cry, we scream, we shout Live our little lives on Her beguiling, so calm face … Continue reading →

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Olympus Falls

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Helen

Olympus falls these days But incremental degrees Each country’s governments Abject, on their knees So rife with ill-intent Than none can please The gods of old are gone They neither care nor know Of petty battles here Of regimes overthrown … Continue reading →

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Virtue

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

Virtue is above the need for truth It calls to something far more powerful Deep within It is honour here without need of proof It shows the inner warrior The place to begin It’s nothing more nor less than perfect … Continue reading →

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Cross

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

There’s a cross on the wall Just where the afternoon shadows Rise and fall There’s a prayer in the heart Just when hope through misery Struggles to start There’s a child in the arms Of a parent who will shelter … Continue reading →

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