Tag Archives: denial

Soul

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Helen

Burning on this pyre of many years I weave my own lost mystery We have too many deeds undone and too little history to make any sense of you and me We look to skies above to find a god … Continue reading →

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Vanquished – For Prompt 46 – Bitter Loathing

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Helen

They say true hatred’s born of love But here no finer feelings bled within such arid desert where no tears for water can be shed We stumbled on such paradox A deeper schism found instead When once I called you … Continue reading →

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Solitude

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Helen

You are no longer here It has been many, many years I’m growing old With all our stories yet untold My memory still is clear Your ghost has now withdrawn And from this book our pages torn A broken heart … Continue reading →

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Pray – for Prompt 45 Festering Jealousy

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Helen

  Your words are taken While mine forsaken Your lilting voice Removes all choice Your gracious heart Tears mine apart Your spirit freed I crack and bleed For you the smile The warmth and style For me but earth A … Continue reading →

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The Great Beauty

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Helen

Once celebrated On the world’s stage The perfect picture On the front page What of the swan With the progress of age? The great beauty Of the silver screen Parties, bonhomie Everyone’s queen But as the light fades Is she … Continue reading →

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Golden Fleece

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Helen

Chasing the mythical All of my life How many windmills. How many windmills? All things fantastical Fall to my knife Is this a standstill, Is this a standstill? Dreaming of mastery Could it be mine? How many quests now, How … Continue reading →

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Waiting – for Prompt 41 Consuming Impatience

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Helen

My skin cracks and splits Beneath this weight of hours Emotions parched This desert life has gripped me Yet still has ill-equipped me For its slow and steady Portentous demands There was that moment on the stair Your hushed voice … Continue reading →

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Loved

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Helen

I loved you once To power fell A brittle neck A deeper hell I loved you twice I made my claim I changed my life I changed my name I loved you thrice You turned away You said I lied … Continue reading →

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Shopping Spree

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Helen

I’ve been on an internet shopping spree There’s something lost in the pit of me Buy one of these and get another free! I trade desolation for purchased glee Click, click, click where it says buy All else is useless, … Continue reading →

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Hope Dies for Prompt 39 Unwanted Truth

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Helen

My truth is the one where hope dies It shivers on the barricades It is verdant in the Everglades But when the jury must be swayed Just silence and a nothingness replies My truth is the one deep known The … Continue reading →

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