Tag Archives: doubt

Conviction

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Helen

Judge and jury here preside Truth and justice stand beside See the verdict reached with pride Wisdom deep and dark and wide Call him guilty to his face All your fears and doubts replace Of this journey leave no trace … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged conviction, death, doubt, evidence, guilt, innocence, judgment, jury, justice | Leave a comment

Splinter

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Helen

This cuts my eye Deep within A splinter of knowledge Remembering Digging deep the more I try to draw it out Belief’s a poor player Cuckolded by doubt Tiny rivulets Tearing precious eyes Lethal as a sword But not by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged death, deceit, despair, doubt, heartbreak, knowing, knowledge, loss, splinter | Leave a comment

Outside

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Helen

I am my own jailor You don’t hold the key I am colder within Than the outside of me I gaze from my cell block To winter strewn day I laugh at your feeble Attempts to dismay Inside I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged dark, death, doubt, existential, Frozen, internal, jail, nihilism, Pessimism, pointlessness | Leave a comment

Too Many

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

Too many years These pleasures pall Just salty tears Then none at all I seek to climb Only to fall Adrift in dreams A nightscape bright On weary lids Mere hope alights But as I reach It’s out of sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, belief, choice, dark, delusion, denial, doubt, ennui, hope, Life, loss, madness, memory, Musings, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth, weariness | 12 Comments

Beige – for Prompt 30 – Colour

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Helen

Beige is the colour of guilt Cream white besmirched by dirt A half-hearted hue, it is dull dismay left over drying on a concrete floor Maroon the colour of regret Blood soaked purple lost like something decaying in the wake … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Beige, belief, choice, Color, dark, dismay, doubt, grey, guilt, maroon, Musings, ochre, Philosophy, prompt, rgret | 13 Comments

Suspicion

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Helen

How can one know when wariness is required? The paranoid dances a fool’s parade, boxing shadows But over-confidence precedes a fall more frequently than pride So how does one decide? Deceit’s patterns arise wearing the mask of a friend But … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged choice, dark, denial, doubt, Musings, Philosophy, supicious, suspicion, truth | 16 Comments

Doubt and Faith

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Helen

A lacuna in my soul Hollow spaces where the light cannot penetrate and the dark refuses to dwell It is all shades of grey The colour of uncertainty the tone of doubt Belief eludes me though I seek it like … Continue reading →