Tag Archives: dissociation

The Fourth Kind

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Helen

Searing light Blinds the senses now They approach Can’t recall What paths we followed Into dark Explore you Little rat upon Lab table Is this real Or just fear’s dread dance In a dream? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights … Continue reading →

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Whirling Rhyme

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Helen

In hallowed halls These wretched days When valour calls Above the haze The blood you spill The lives that fall Will haunt you still Will sound the call The hand you play The friends you kill Will lead the way … Continue reading →

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Games of the Fey

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Helen

See spirits and sprites Delicately dance and dare Humans to their world Alice though the glass Found the same strange haunting there Down this curving road Do not eat the fruit Pomegranate lays its trap Sweetest nectar calls Come back … Continue reading →

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Lost Angels

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Helen

Suspect feelings rise A glimpse of something so old It decays from within A mask worn Through the mirror dark Reflects back a truth Soothsayers would scream for Lash across the back Splinters of words And dreams Corrode the flesh … Continue reading →

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Dissociation

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Helen

Spinning circles Crowd my mind In this maze As paths unwind Coloured masks To hide the faces Strange identities Leave no traces Shattered dreams Nightmare view Can’t see where We’re going to Rough cut image Barely seen Can’t remember Where … Continue reading →

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Evil

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Helen

I have only encountered wickedness True evil Once Looking into a mauling, twisting face Multi-layered personalities Clashing Even the sheer physicality Stifled the incongruent Ravaged visage In any moment tears may have fallen From wild and manic Glittering eyes Projecting … Continue reading →

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Evening Shadowplay

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Helen

Shadows on the walls past twilight flicker fitfully in thrall to the candlelight Storytelling in movement A strange grey dance Heads turning slowly Mass shifting, lumbering Then sudden, frenetic yet graceful hands reflect precision in odd restraint A silence of … Continue reading →

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Someone To Watch Over Me

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Helen

Strapped down I am only completely aware of the lethal grasp of restraints, scratching as though alive, on my skin. He says, you will feel great energy and pain, just for a moment. You must bite down on the cloth … Continue reading →

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Who?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Helen

Momentary thought Reflection in the mirror A stranger, not me In the world of dreams Do we wear our own faces Or other strange masks? Expressions I show Calibrate hidden feelings I will not betray Can we even know The … Continue reading →

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To…?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

I ache Within Stricken with a hunger I cannot name On the tip of my tongue It tantalizes A memory of the lost Do you haunt me still? You seemed so gone I blessed the relief Found an ordinary life … Continue reading →

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