Tag Archives: choice

New Year’s Face

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Helen

What shall it be Your new year’s face? Wipe away the past Without a trace Let yourself rise A brand new you Defined by what You say and do The past is gone So don’t look back The mirror lies … Continue reading →

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To The City Of Dreams

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Helen

Roads may lead To the city of dreams Or the vista of nightmares And no-one can tell If the pathway is to heaven Or to hell All the glittering lights So pretty in the sky Tell you it’s beautiful But … Continue reading →

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Fortune

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Helen

Be you not Fortune’s fool The will of man Is to self-determine And not falter in superstition Or by the fickle hand Of idle gods Even should it be That pride lays traps For unwary travellers Yet it is so … Continue reading →

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Fresh ingredients

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Helen

Next year We’ll use fresh ingredients Juggling choices To suit our palettes Life’s finest chefs Run on knowledge And instinct combined And with age and with time So shall we Next year It’s a new recipe Next year We’ll combine … Continue reading →

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Did You Fly?

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Helen

And did you fly? I often wonder When I wonder why And yet I think I know Your reasons And your trajectory And what it meant To be set free So you could fly Resplendent in the sky The man … Continue reading →

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The Moment

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Helen

This is the moment of choice Can you define the possibilities or listen to that nagging inner voice? To fly or tumble into the void Does it rely on luck or destiny or just the random collection of all you … Continue reading →

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Desolation

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Helen

In desolation we may fly Be free When all is lost Then nothing’s left to lose And nor are we A broken road Is still a way And all we may believe In desolation we are reborn And free In … Continue reading →

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Two: Gluttony

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Helen

I will not choose I will consume it all Dark or light Dull or bright I’ll take it all I need the taste The wicked true delight There’s none for you It’s not for two This shines too bright It … Continue reading →

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Prophecy

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Helen

Between the choices Lies a fault line Of probability Nature tends In downward spirals Into entropy Yet new life Can struggle through So valiantly In the darkness Are the cracks Where light is found Glowing weak But building strong Touching … Continue reading →

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Duality

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Helen

Such as they Such as we Old gods turn On twisted boards Wearing new faces Hiding true souls Such as they Such as we Proper proportion Duality Fear is sister To bravery Darkness seeks to Define the light What is … Continue reading →

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