Tag Archives: delusion

Waiting

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Helen

I’m waiting for you Alone in this noisy room My coffee growing cold Numbering the lies you’ve told To me and all the others Such a faithless lover Yet I’m still waiting Waiting for you What will you do? If … Continue reading →

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Head in the Clouds

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Helen

Cal me Mr Head in the Clouds I don’t care You weren’t in the sky You weren’t even there You will never fly Ever climb one stair So I don’t care Say I’m always stuck in the clouds You don’t … Continue reading →

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Knowledge

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Helen

Speaking in tongues Through conduits ancient and divine Spirits reach this hemisphere And claw to find their way within Out of the blackened pit of night Wherein they must reside Beware the bite of delicacy They offer riches, treasures pure … Continue reading →

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Safeguard

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Helen

I must safeguard my soul From darkness trickling Cross my pallid skin They say an invitation draws it in Draws it in Must barricade my heart A dream’s a hopeless place Here true despair begins They say that praying merely … Continue reading →

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Bad For You

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Helen

You had to go there didn’t you? You had to see this story through You had to follow on a glance And build your world on circumstance You had to wonder at a smile You lingered there a little while … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Helen

I have a childhood memory Umbrella stolen by the breeze And yet I cannot true recall If such a day occurred at all I lived a life of fantasy A child’s view of reality And at this memory’s very core … Continue reading →

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Hallway Steps

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Helen

These hallway steps lead to nowhere or to somewhere far, far worse I’ve heard it told in whispered corners all these things that they would warn us Talk of devils and of danger and a curse These hallways steps lead … Continue reading →

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Competition

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Helen

Slicing flesh So fine no blood erupts from translucency Whisper cruel, deluded pride corrupts all human decency Sweet laced words that hide your whiplash smile Qualified support Friendship’s mask will shield the crocodile from well deserved retort We’re the thing … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Helen

Offering up your gold coin For a miracle to happen Societies bid you join Their parade so lost, misshapen But it’s all a dance Trickery of structured light Not some better circumstance No miracles here tonight Hear the fevered preacher … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Helen

Fleeting image in a mirror In a darkened, silent room A flash of white and pure light Black hair flowing in a stream She said ‘It’s nothing like it seems’ Ill spent days and forgotten ways I think I know … Continue reading →

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