Tag Archives: Dreams

False – for Prompt 68 A Smile To Remember

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Helen

The false smile of a sometime friend Just pretend Glittering eyes Be careful not to over-analyse A breathless kiss A broken game is all there this And how you beamed while smashing all my hopeless dreams A soul apart Behind … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Helen

I have a childhood memory Umbrella stolen by the breeze And yet I cannot true recall If such a day occurred at all I lived a life of fantasy A child’s view of reality And at this memory’s very core … Continue reading →

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Moments – for Prompt 62 Mamihlapinatape

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Helen

Too precipitate the moments Wordless knowledge scattered here Like children’s toys left out In early summer’s rain Speak not to me Of half the truth Of courage yet Have greater proof While only these lost memories remain Too gentle is … Continue reading →

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Horizons

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Helen

I am flying Flying onwards to the new I am calling I am calling out to you The horizons Promise lovely scenery Won’t you follow Won’t you quickly follow me? I’m cascading Like pure water falling down Fear is fading … Continue reading →

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Weightless

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Helen

I I am weightless I am flying through the perfect sky And I I am free at last I have no boundaries being weightless I I feel so innocent and so pure of heart in both mind and soul That … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Helen

Fleeting image in a mirror In a darkened, silent room A flash of white and pure light Black hair flowing in a stream She said ‘It’s nothing like it seems’ Ill spent days and forgotten ways I think I know … Continue reading →

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Hymn to the Fall

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Helen

Hovering above me this crystal night I felt the hand of spirits caress my cheek and then it seemed I heard them speak and call me traitor, call me weak As though upon their testimony worlds would rise and fall … Continue reading →

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Vertigo

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Helen

Imbalanced and precarious On a clifftop looking down The momentum just to fall Almost irresistible You feel the pull Of ancient deities Of promises and piety As they overwhelm and here remind you Of where this dissonance began Feeling sea-sick … Continue reading →

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Jasmine Nights

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Helen

Jasmine nights Down corridors we wander and whisper such dark delights Could be the brother or the sister of the Northern Lights So soft, so bright Lost melody In dusty pages of unopened books find a sign of me Is that … Continue reading →

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Tripping

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Helen

I rode a freely falling star That collided with the moon On a frenetic summer’s evening Sweat glistening on my skin And it spoke of secrets, lies and sin That ended all too soon It was a serenade for fools … Continue reading →

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