Tag Archives: Dreams

Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Helen

Shake off all the shackles Of your tired fretting mind You’ve grown old The years have passed unnoticed And you’ve been hostage to The trance of others’ dreams Your prison is your creation Even as others have Offered dubious helping … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Veil

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Helen

Nature’s veil is elusive She is a sprite peeping out for mere seconds Till you see her and then she is gone A memory you cannot be certain is real And an essence too pure to dispute Above earth our … Continue reading →

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Four: Sloth

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Helen

I cannot study anymore I know the games I know the score I feel that I Must sleep instead To drink the potions Of the dead The pomegranate seeds are nice A perfect flavour For our device Down within The … Continue reading →

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Crown of Thorns

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Helen

Down the years we don Our crown of thorns And bleed our dreams On our life’s brittle page Make our prayers to gods Give our sacrifice As though bargaining can make Us rule this weary stage Each year we find … Continue reading →

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Following

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Helen

Following the crooked road you yet mis-stepped you fell into this other world A ragged, wretched, silent girl you fell Following the signs in language you can’t read you’re lost within this reverie You cannot know what to believe you’re … Continue reading →

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Deception

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Helen

Building belief On shifting sands Eyes that flicker Won’t meet your gaze You know this in your bones But still you want to dream Deception’s game entices Drawing you down A willing sacrifice Lamb to the slaughter led You’re helping … Continue reading →

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One More

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Helen

One more they cry One more A moment further to delay The fall of the axe The toll of the bell One more they plead One more A day is all Worth fighting for One more One more they say … Continue reading →

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Deep Silence

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Helen

This deep silence of morning Starless sky before dawn breaks Blanketed in dark and calm An island to myself I seek a comfort long forgotten In the weave of black and grey Dreams adrift and quickly floating Lover’s kiss a … Continue reading →

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Once

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Helen

Once I felt my heart Murmur as the softness Of a slowly billowing summer breeze The sight of one Across a room who gazed A moment too long my way Found something stirred within I’d never thought this time Would … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Helen

Age depletes the need for beauty We are freed from bitter longing which in youth defined our very being, standing lost before a mirror turning left and right for nature’s kinder sight to find the angles where the shadows and … Continue reading →

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