Tag Archives: dark

Following

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Helen

Following the crooked road you yet mis-stepped you fell into this other world A ragged, wretched, silent girl you fell Following the signs in language you can’t read you’re lost within this reverie You cannot know what to believe you’re … Continue reading →

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Dusk Till Dawn

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Helen

I have loved you Dusk till dawn In night’s charade have I Your pleasures born I weaved the stars for you To wish upon And was your sanctuary From dusk till dawn I have blessed you From dark to light … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Helen

You ask for miracles My cupboard’s bare There are no angels left Just hiding there And God has left us here To our despair To our despair You plead for holy grace To light your way I’ve only platitudes And dull … Continue reading →

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Dead Zone

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Helen

Here we bleed Without fluidity The cuts are deep But leave no scars All secrets kept Beneath this canopy All dying light Like ancient stars Here we touch With no true intimacy A kiss is papery On drying lips Here … Continue reading →

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The Name

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Helen

Here I make prayers to broken stones Where weeds are overgrowth, and old Where footsteps have so seldom known How blood is thick and ground is cold A penitent pathetic at your feet I have burnt out my very soul … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Helen

Walking alone So far from home Paths littered with debris Dank mangrove waters Clutching your courage Watching the pathway What have you known? Walking alone Walking alone Birds above winging Trees leaves are rustling Quiet in waves Hoping you’re brave … Continue reading →

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The Lesser Bite

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Helen

The lesser bite Of a stranger’s rejection Still stings Perhaps on its own It would never cause Such pain But it seems it comes In groups, as do These things So the cut though slight Seems somehow deep Again A … Continue reading →

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An Education

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Helen

You were an education to me You showed me what I didn’t Want to see How souls corrode and hearts Too quickly bleed And if you’ve once surrendered Never free You were to innocence a teacher cold The truths you … Continue reading →

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Children of a Lesser Pantheon

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Helen

He told me that Children of a lesser pantheon Cannot rise This world has here allotted Every trinket, every prize Ambition was neurosis In his eyes He told me that Your nature more than nurture Determined size It was the … Continue reading →

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Devil’s Knot

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Helen

Caught in a devil’s knot Betwixt and here between Something essential that I yet forgot Something I had seen Trapped in the devil’s knot Innocence fled me that night Thus I have found the cursed spot Nothing I saw was … Continue reading →

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