Tag Archives: delusion

Sunglass Secrets

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Helen

You are eyeless Threatening Sunglass secrets You are modern Fashionable Suffering from ennui Could be alien Completely black view Smouldering asides I know you’re hiding Sunglass secrets Deep inside © Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Genie

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Helen

He’s quite a trickster genie And his wishes hold a sting So be careful with desires Beware whiplashs they bring You can have a sleek trim body With your insides taken out Or your touch can give you riches But … Continue reading →

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Suspended

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Helen

Darker shadows suspended Above particles of falling light A raven wing fluttering Amidst the sea of curtains Wafted in the breeze I thought my heart would freeze To see you on the stair Just standing there in thought Long before … Continue reading →

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Mother Earth for Prompt 33 Man Vs Nature

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Helen

She is patience Held within Undulating, rock like skin Millennia of movement Slow, elliptical through space See her slumber See her spin Parasites we Feed without We cry, we scream, we shout Live our little lives on Her beguiling, so calm face … Continue reading →

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Demons

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Helen

Battling my demons They hide In crevices in my mind Like memories I inconveniently find Too quickly to avert my gaze They’re there Dark silhouettes they dance A strange syncopation To remind me Of their origins and station In my … Continue reading →

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Best Kept Secret

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Helen

You have the best kept secret of all They’d never know or guess How far you’d stoop or fall You hide your crimes in plain sight The whiplash of comedy Is a beacon far too harsh and bright For years … Continue reading →

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New Dynamic

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Helen

There is a new dynamic here Eyes cannot hold their gaze There’s something different in you dear A weaker connection now I fear Your eyes distracted, glazed A new dynamic takes its place Within our complex games A dark, distorted, … Continue reading →

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Truth or Dare?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Helen

To speak the truth so long past now I am not certain I can try I know not where I may begin To be so certain I don’t lie And do I dare and would I choose To risk it … Continue reading →

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Bermuda Triangle

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Helen

You are the Bermuda triangle Lovers circle you And disappear from view Lost ships of longing Drawn within Your hidden depths You are the Bermuda triangle All their dreams And plans for futures unseen Swirl deep and down Your indecisiveness … Continue reading →

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Take Me Back – for Prompt 31 Take Me Back

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Helen

He stood Bedraggled urchin on the doorstep He was a parcel left open in the rain A supplicant gazing into my unblinking eyes one more time ‘Take me back’ I’d envisaged this moment a thousand, thousand times But not like this … Continue reading →

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