Tag Archives: dissociation

Falling

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Helen

God help me as I fall, fall down deeper down Are you there in the ether with a soothing hand? Are the shadows merely chimeras I do not understand But yet I do And yet I do And I’m just … Continue reading →

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Split Soul Angel

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

How is it that your words Your music and your poetry Draw from such a source Of deep, beauteous profundity Ethereal, otherworldly soul That captures the listener Entirely, whole And yet your actions in this world Are dark and lost … Continue reading →

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Are you a Raven?

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Helen

Spreadeagled on the altar I wait ‘Are you a Raven?’ she asked I do not know, I do not know And does it matter? ‘It might’ she replied A Psychopomp Weaving its way to the underneath Coiled within waiting for … Continue reading →

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Dismal

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Helen

Dismal dreams Greyish tones and sepia Caress the sleeping mind With symbols which are ephemeral at best No secrets to uncover No paths to tread of import As we lay our weary heads at last to rest The detritus of … Continue reading →

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Complete Abandon – for Prompt 18 – Losing Control

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Helen

Always the veritable picture of reserve I spent my days waiting for a god to fall from heaven or rise from hell and take me home, though long ago I’d found no path or road would lead me to a … Continue reading →

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Bad Influence

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Helen

I was so quiet and secure No passion troubled me Perhaps lived hidden and obscure Just the way that it should be You were wild and unpredictable And yet you looked at me You looked at me I sought not … Continue reading →

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Beguiling Contradiction

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Helen

You sing your songs of half mystery half regret Calling across distance for my sympathy and yet my cause for confusion and fear I cannot forget You prowl your stage part hunger part fire Beguiling contradiction both wrath and desire … Continue reading →

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The Dark Glade

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

This dark glade Where lovers meet in secret To play charades How many vows are broken And dreams betrayed In this dark glade? Beneath dark bows Where leaves that fall are blackness And are death somehow How many strange transgressions … Continue reading →

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

The poet said it best I see His knowledge and his artistry The future that his soul foresees The path of fallen breadcrumbs Where all of youth and life succumbs As something wicked this way comes The oracle within his … Continue reading →

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Fringes

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Helen

I live on the fringes I hide in the dark My home is in alleyways or deep in the park I breathe contradiction The web of my words are born for confusion I am the absurd I’ll never be like … Continue reading →

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