Tag Archives: Dreams

Prompt 6 – Personification – The Forgotten Teddy Bear

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Helen

Once I sat Content, on your lap Beaming up through my Beaded eyes Flowing love to you My precious child I enjoyed so Our childhood games The stories and the clothes You adorned me with The friends amongst us All … Continue reading →

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Nightmare

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Helen

You said Let me be your nightmare Let me seep Within the subtle skin Of sinless sleep Let me draw Your darker desperation From dreamless depths You said I will be your shadow Let me flicker Faithless friend that follows … Continue reading →

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Leaf

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Helen

A moment Stretched into years A sigh Smothered by tears A glance Drawn to a gaze A child Lost in a maze And you Darkness and light Shadows Waft through the night A lie Spoken as truth Evidence But never … Continue reading →

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Wordle prompt – Somatic Need

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Helen

This somatic need So cloying and demanding Overwhelms the spirit It is a tether To a darker underground Where we all depart light Here a spectral sylph May entice the unwary To naked awakening The final passing Skin to seamless … Continue reading →

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Champagne Wishes

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Helen

Champagne wishes Caviar dreams Fine silken suits Frayed at the seams Cocktails in crystal My how they gleam! Champagne wishes Caviar dreams Fox in the hen-house Secrets betrayed Masks full of memories Lost masquerade All of the finery Richly displayed … Continue reading →

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Passing By

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Helen

I was not what you expected Not what the wrapping would imply I was more unguarded moments Than a player ought to try To a lover, sweet perplexity Escaping on a sigh I was not what you expected I was … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

The water runs cold Like your blood Reptilian eyes Raise their wary hoods The surf that breaks Upon a distant shore Recalls your form In some strange place before Remembering well The day you turned to me Ensnared my gaze And … Continue reading →

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Water Over Rocks, the Quiet Victory

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

Like water over rocks The change will happen Will take hold There is no Victory march No grand celebration To behold And while The path’s forgotten Yet the story can be told And be remembered If not precisely Still with … Continue reading →

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Your Month

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Helen

This is your month my dear In May how strange it is The memories are so clear Even now I find In this oh so distant year It seems you still are here Perhaps it’s just That this is your … Continue reading →

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My Love

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Helen

My love is a strange love Not of this world Said a strange young girl My love is a deep well Bottomless fall Taking my all My love is a lost hope Reaching for souls Cannot be whole My love … Continue reading →

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