Tag Archives: dissociation

The White Palace

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Helen

“Delirium is good for you” Said the master of the halls It takes you further, further in It mixes terror now with sin It shows the novice how to begin With summer nights and lace In the White Palace The … Continue reading →

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Jekyll

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

I am the Jekyll to your Hyde I am the muse that stirs your pen I am the question deep inside You are the now, I am the then I am the kindness, you are the cruel I am the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Lost Weekend

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Helen

Blink and it’s Monday Lost weekend A cavity of darkness Inhabits my mind Am I blind? What of the past two days? Where are they hid? Light flashing before my eyes Friday night dreams Can’t resolve now at all The … Continue reading →

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Faceless One

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Helen

I dreamt Of the Faceless one Hidden eyes blazing Like collapsing sun Silent voice screaming Coming undone I heard the sound Of the Voiceless one Lyrical catcalls Dirges unsung Lost words accusing Everyone I felt the touch Of the Formless … Continue reading →

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One Eye Watching

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Helen

One eye watching Camera lens One heart bleeding Absent friends One word spoken Just a lie One heart broken Wish to die One voice singing In the dark One wing shattered Silenced lark One eye blinking Ancient crime See them … Continue reading →

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Carnivale

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Carnivale Of carnivores On with the show Blood rich life So adored In depths below Coloured lights Creatures strange Paraded for art Souls are lost To our cost Stabbed through the heart Carnivale Of troubadours Singing of sin If you … Continue reading →

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Alice

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Helen

Alice has fallen Through the glass again This life-like absurdity Raised to literary art Perversity in poetry She’s dancing with the mad again There’s secrets here Hid deep within The whirl of disordered thought Alice isn’t quite a child Not … Continue reading →

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