Tag Archives: deception

Deception

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Helen

Building belief On shifting sands Eyes that flicker Won’t meet your gaze You know this in your bones But still you want to dream Deception’s game entices Drawing you down A willing sacrifice Lamb to the slaughter led You’re helping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged darkness, deceit, deception, Dreams, guile, hope, hopelessness, loss, Love, need | 4 Comments

Turn of the Card

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Helen

Our destinies are mystery The cards foretell with accuracy But often times we only see The truth they told through history And those that follow deep the stars Find harbingers in Moon and Mars But underneath run harsher scars The … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged analysis, astrology, deception, destiny, Divination, fate, fortune, Interpretation, prediction, stars, Tarot | 2 Comments

Good Advice for Prompt 65, Advice

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Helen

I told you once I’ll tell you twice I’ll never give you Good advice I’ll just project Myself herein In your despair My dreams begin And if from gods Are favours blessed I’ll give you scraps And take the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged advice, capture, danger, dark, deception, prompt, selfishness, serpent, snake, untrustworthy | 8 Comments

Jasmine Nights

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Helen

Jasmine nights Down corridors we wander and whisper such dark delights Could be the brother or the sister of the Northern Lights So soft, so bright Lost melody In dusty pages of unopened books find a sign of me Is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged belief, cruelty, dark, deception, delusion, denial, dissociation, Dreams, intrigue, jasmine, madness, memory, mystery, night, truth | 8 Comments

Cover Up

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Helen

My face is covered in makeup Fine painting on my form My words are carefully chosen So much different from when born And with artifice and product My daily mask I now adorn From my sins I won’t recover I … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Bodypainting, choice, cover up, deception, deflection, denial, Facepainting, fashion, game, lies, makeup, Musings, self deception, truth | 9 Comments

Dreams For Sale

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen

Dreams for sale Man at the doorway Peddling hope Aspiring To beat the odds now Try to cope Dreams for rent Going cheap these days This can’t last Grab it quick Only one user From the past Dreams to trade … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, choice, dark, deception, delusion, denial, Dreams, Musings, Philosophy, rent, sale, truth | 9 Comments

Falsity

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Helen

Once I felt My heart open A physical sensation Like a bud in bloom A stillness covered me I felt I heard a voice And strange electricity Filled the room But this was just a trick Of light and laughter … Continue reading →