Tag Archives: delusion

Forget Her – For Prompt 14 – The Music of Jeff Buckley

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Helen

The debris of these many years alights your mind like a firecracker out of season; a chance sighting on the street of similar hair, a similar walk and memories flooded back A dam unstuck, overwhelming And you thought you could … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged belief, cruelty, dark, delusion, denial, Dreams, forget, Forget Her, Jeff Buckley, lost love, madness, memory, Musings, pain, passion, poetry, Relationships, truth | 25 Comments

Model Army

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Helen

Such skeletal form In garb of darkest hue Direct, emotionless gaze Piercing fashion through Life’s darker mysteries In glances so construed Marching mannequins master Talents known to few Down the boulevard Paparazzi prey Celebrity in hiding Venture out this day … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, dark, delusion, fashion, madness, Mannequin, models, Musings, paparazzi | 14 Comments

Wish Upon

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Helen

Light shadows cross my vision Photogenic spirits Near ectoplasmic form Bright pinpoint phosphorescence Repeating blinking Until dawn Daemons draw blood sustenance Winking just outside of view Are these days, weeks, months True memories Or just a story stumbled through? Body … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged choice, dark, death, delusion, denial, dissociation, madness, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth, Will-o'-the-wisp | 6 Comments

Sweet Derangement

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Helen

Sweet derangement of the senses Brittle voices, mission bell Truth distorted, past defences Secrets too bizarre to tell Acid dreams and cocktail fancy Spread-eagled specimen here lies From some pit of necromancy Comes the darkened lord of flies In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acid, Aspiration, choice, dark, delusion, derangement, dissociation, drugs, LSD, mind control, Musings, Philosophy, truth | 14 Comments

Corruptio Optimi Pessima

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Helen

This fervour Honestly felt To secure The common wealth To minister to The country’s health Enters the school Of ways and means To be mentored By silent stealth This Creator This god: Choice And the patterns Of unique voice On … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged ambition, Aspiration, belief, choice, Corruption, dark, delusion, morality, Musings, Philosophy, Politics, Pontius Pilate, truth | 8 Comments

The Mysterious House – for Prompt 12 – Fairytale

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Helen

There once was a powerful magician who had traversed deep within the darkest regions of power and persuasion. He was so suffused in his magic that even his surroundings bent to … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Prose | Tagged alchemy, black magic, choice, dark, dark arts, delusion, denial, fairytales, ghosts, Magic, Magician, Philosophy, Spiritual, Supernatural | 29 Comments

Unholy Alliance

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

If and when and maybe Here’s the schemes that can be Disturbing now the trinity Where one plus two is not three Three times three can be One See the demons have fun Here a daughter, here a son Sacred … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged choice, dark, death, delusion, demons, Dreams, Hades, madness, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual, Trinity | 4 Comments

Just a Spark

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

I remember Looming shadows Large across old walls In a quiet room I remember Low murmuring Chanting in alien words I did not understand Swaying figures in this dark Something coming Just a spark Just a spark I remember Kept … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, delusion, denial, dissociation, madness, memory, mind control, Musings, pain, silence, spark, Spiritual, truth | 9 Comments

Aspiration

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

You cling to the ragged coat-tails of my indecisive elevation Flapping helpless, errant clothes on the line in the midst of a storm Or a leaf buoyant but aimless on the crest of a river’s wave You see in me … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, choice, confidence, delusion, denial, identity, Philosophy, Relationships, self-image, Spiritual, truth | 11 Comments

Siren Song

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I understand the ancient mariners now Like them I tie myself against my heart To the bow The wisdom of the drunkenness of senses With sheer beauty losing All defences I understand the wish to hear then die Your siren … Continue reading →