Tag Archives: belief

The Fear

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Helen

Live with the fear Poised as an animal About to flee or fight In trembling Dissembling Find odd delight My knife against your throat Makes swallowing hard And yet you’ll know Each breath of life Each turn of card Live … Continue reading →

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Person of Interest

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Helen

You were a person of interest In the pit of my life A criminal, dark nightshade A switch blade knife Your photo pinned to walls And jagged lines The passage of relationships Are here defined A sociopath in cultured clothes … Continue reading →

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If

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Helen

If I were to see your face today I’d turn away There wouldn’t be a single thing I’d want to say I’d pretend I hadn’t seen you Or never knew The things that you turned into And how you grew … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

I do not crave change Not now There were times in my life I needed diversion Adventure just to breathe Not now The hum of big city streets Was a melody to me Not dark discordant artistry Not now It’s … Continue reading →

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Rid Of Me – for Prompt 25 PJ Harvey

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

Loquacious in your silence you are a jackal or born of one You’ve been on the hunt again way past midnight Even ghosts writhe in pain in your wake Fretful you have walked these empty, wide suburban streets Pacing beneath … Continue reading →

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Fall

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen

I understand your fall Somehow across the centuries I live and feel it all The fear and the intrigues Are familiar, I recall I somehow know them all A sword upon your throat The weaving of the politic Pretenders here … Continue reading →

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Lineage

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen

I am of a lineage of fools Dancing on the precipice we try For star filled futures which elude us still Just dancing on the hill Waiting for a happier surprise I am of a lineage of grief Weeping in … Continue reading →

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Marketplace

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Helen

They are dancing in the marketplace With colours wild and free There’s a riddle here I cannot place There’s something here of me The items that they here display Are colourful and grand And I may ask them if I … Continue reading →

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Richard III

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Helen

History is chronicled by winners Richard how black was your heart? Shakespeare would have you the villain Usurping lord from the start Was there a moment of kindness Or loyalty and fealty you owned Was it ambition propelled you Brief … Continue reading →

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Would

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Helen

I would have your sighs For just one moment Gaze into your eyes If only for this To turn and walk away And shake my head and say ‘I’m sorry that it had to end this way’ I would have … Continue reading →

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