Tag Archives: dark

Free

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Helen

Free from thought Free from time Free from consequence Free from crime Free from circumstance Free from fear Free from sympathy Free from cheer Free from thoughts now Free from strife May as well be Free from life © Helen … Continue reading →

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Best Kept Secret

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Helen

You have the best kept secret of all They’d never know or guess How far you’d stoop or fall You hide your crimes in plain sight The whiplash of comedy Is a beacon far too harsh and bright For years … Continue reading →

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Enemy Waters

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Helen

Swim carefully The tendrils here are deadly They curl and coil about you To draw you further in Swim cautiously The many coloured fish are all Siren songs to your decline Beautiful assassins Swim hopefully Within the web of blue … Continue reading →

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Don’t Pursue Me

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Helen

Don’t pursue me You’ll go mad with it I say to you It happened To all the others It will happen to you Delirium And terror You won’t see true The prohibition is so defined It must be strong There’s … Continue reading →

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Bermuda Triangle

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Helen

You are the Bermuda triangle Lovers circle you And disappear from view Lost ships of longing Drawn within Your hidden depths You are the Bermuda triangle All their dreams And plans for futures unseen Swirl deep and down Your indecisiveness … Continue reading →

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Take Me Back – for Prompt 31 Take Me Back

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Helen

He stood Bedraggled urchin on the doorstep He was a parcel left open in the rain A supplicant gazing into my unblinking eyes one more time ‘Take me back’ I’d envisaged this moment a thousand, thousand times But not like this … Continue reading →

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Belladonna

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Helen

Belladonna dreams Caricatures in extremis Raise you from your deathly sleep Parapets and kingdoms Tunnels echoing and deep Hallucinogens Perspective disturbs and lengthens Once more to touch your cheek Ragged through these years One more moment I would seek Belladonna … Continue reading →

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The Day That You Were Lost To Me

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Helen

The day that you were lost to me Somewhere between the sand and sea Somewhere between the breath And breathless dusty death A raven flying homeward, finally free That day the moon rose over the sun Eclipsed all beauty, so … Continue reading →

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Frankly Speaking

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Helen

He would always say ‘Frankly speaking’ Before he cut a swathe Before his audience As though warning was Its own license For cruelty And prejudice Frankly speaking He would always laugh ‘Frankly speaking’ Before he cut you down Like a … Continue reading →

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Armour

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Helen

Around you we need armour You are lability personified No linearity in your rage and pride You change your mind As though you live in multiples You’re so unkind And yet you cannot see your ills Around you we need … Continue reading →

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