Tag Archives: dark

Bordello Nights

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Helen

Fractured dark Listless, languorous Not a spark Eyes delirious Hold secrets within Long limbs leading Down to sin How they loved Bordello nights What they proved Lingerie of finest Quality and grace Wear your mask Hide your face Rooms don’t … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Tell – For Prompt 26 What Can Change The Nature Of a Man?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Helen

WARNING:  This is a particularly dark poem about trauma based mind control. 1) Split mind dislocated by trauma Visceral pain and vast Encompassing humiliation Add to this a scintilla Of doubt and distraction Mix the recipe lightly With dissociation Torture … Continue reading →

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Mirror (2)

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Helen

I gazed into the mirror bright It gave me comfort, gave me fright And candlelight so soft and low Companion to the darkened night My face took on an eerie glow This person here I didn’t know This person’s face … Continue reading →

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Denial

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Helen

Poising here on the crest of waves that won’t peak Listening for words from mouths that won’t speak Offering your trembling soul You’re refused Here instead are options displayed you can’t choose Denial shown to you here as hopefulness Trickery … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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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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