Tag Archives: dark

Rose Red

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Helen

Rose Red was her name Palest skin Lips of flame When she’d gone You weren’t the same From her blood Forever stained Rose red was her hue Seductress had The best of you Lashes long O’er eyes so blue What … Continue reading →

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Chess

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Helen

Kingdoms lost At bleak break of day Count the cost Foolish game Each expendable Just the same We’re so small Our hopes do not count Not at all Even kings Cannot turn the tide Not a thing Gods will play … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Helen

You were right to fear We are here It is far too late To remediate We will slake our thirst On you first You were right to fear We are here And though none believed No reprieve Underneath your bed … Continue reading →

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Corrosion

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Helen

For years you slowly ate The heart of me The purest of my fruit Fell to your cold decay A thief within the night You showed such cruelty But coward, you would hide At quiet break of day For years you … Continue reading →

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Outside

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Helen

I am my own jailor You don’t hold the key I am colder within Than the outside of me I gaze from my cell block To winter strewn day I laugh at your feeble Attempts to dismay Inside I am … Continue reading →

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Saw It Coming

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Helen

I saw it coming But you refused to see You shut your eyes And turned away from me The mirrored image Showed the tumults sway You wouldn’t notice You just looked away I saw it coming Saw it take you … Continue reading →

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Deserted

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Helen

I am deserted like a broken house left by owners now distressed by angles and curvature not quite right and colder shallows in the rooms where gathers dust, memories and gloom I am deserted I am unloved like an abandoned … Continue reading →

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Searching

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Helen

I am searching for the light I am wandering this night In this ancient habitat I might find the way at that Broken church just like my soul In the dimmer light is whole Shining beacon in the night I … Continue reading →

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Peel – for Prompt 80, Unforgiven

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Helen

I peel you off Snake shedding its skin A little blood and pain A pure recompense And you are gone The remnants shrivel Curl and crackle Like dying embers In firelight at night And you are gone Fresh skin will … Continue reading →

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You

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Helen

I know you are waiting In the weave I know you are hiding Never leave I know you are whispering A choice I know your angelic Demon’s voice I know you are ancient But a child You slither like water … Continue reading →

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