Tag Archives: dark

Puppet Girl

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Helen

Your trauma is his mastery Your thoughts hallucinatory And on the edge did you feel pain? It might have been But then again Dissociation is a trickster For the truth a fatal mixer Puppet girl your threads are showing And … Continue reading →

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Shape Shifter

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Helen

That morning you did not look like you Your body was much broader And your eyes a different hue No clarity and no order Where once you were a gazelle You seemed so much the bear I nearly passed unknowing … Continue reading →

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Beige – for Prompt 30 – Colour

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Helen

Beige is the colour of guilt Cream white besmirched by dirt A half-hearted hue, it is dull dismay left over drying on a concrete floor Maroon the colour of regret Blood soaked purple lost like something decaying in the wake … Continue reading →

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Speckled

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Helen

Like a speckled egg Not quite the best Not quite the perfect one I grew Freckled skin And height before my time Blemished without cause Just in the weave of me A speckled egg An oddity Like a speckled egg … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Stranger

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Helen

Beautiful stranger Under this opalescent moon Don’t go away so soon, so soon Beautiful stranger With pale icy skin Don’t leave me now As this night’s drawing in Don’t wait too long For such games to begin Beautiful stranger Teeth … Continue reading →

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Feeling Wicked

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Helen

I could see you were feeling wicked Your eyes were glittering jewels You softy stroked the water Languorous by the pool The heavy black eyeliner You used to such effect Your evil is precision There’s nothing you neglect I could … Continue reading →

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Dream Lover

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Helen

Phantom kiss On half-open lips As eyes half awake Flutter to see Feather like touch On sensitive skin Far too much Far too much Dream lover here Just out of reach Hands stretch and clasp Into thin air Meditate on … Continue reading →

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Up In The Air

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Helen

I am here Up in the air You are clear I’m darker there You’re hope’s spear I am despair There’s no cheer Up in the air I would fly Up in the air Perfect spy Hidden out there I will … Continue reading →

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Prefer

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Helen

You would prefer to be The darker side of me The aspect that you prize Here hovers in my eyes In symbiosis strong You feel that you belong But play the darker part From here you feel you start You … Continue reading →

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Rendered

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Helen

My soul is rendered Split apart On broken cobblestones So far from home An abject plea I fall before their feet My subjugation complete And ask their ministry To set me free My heart is rendered Beaten back And blackened … Continue reading →

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