Tag Archives: Dreams

The Lie

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Helen

You turn your head Your blood-red eyes to me And speak Your tone is low You almost glow it seems Yet weak Your time to come A different drum I see We stray I feel the fear It’s creeping near … Continue reading →

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Sea Change

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Helen

Reflecting the circles Of life and of choice Listening to the patterns The still and peaceful voice Dreaming of a sea change Begin, rebuild anew Lens I use part foreign Part familiar view Would there be a chance Will the fates … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Helen

Not a hair out of place It’s been so long since we last met in parties brittle with laughter and with escapades we won’t forget Age has been kind to you or you’re clever Picture perfect you still seem While … Continue reading →

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Folk Tale

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Helen

Story handed down through time The moral lost in years And tears Caught in the rhythm and the rhyme A tale of consequence And fears Folk tales linger long beyond The time for bed And evening tears Could it be … Continue reading →

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Delusion – for Prompt 48 Escalating Humiliation

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Helen

For one moment to be right To have felt something, anything Warm in my direction Not some sad and lost reflection Of a prize that’s so forbidden From my life Did he smile and gaze my way Feel some attraction, … Continue reading →

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Procession

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Helen

The procession of my days gives way to slow encroaching age Each page is written deep in blood and floods my mind with memories that tease The procession of these hours have powers to make the past within akin to … Continue reading →

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Cats

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Helen

The cats know There are places They will not go It’s feline grace To so completely Know their space The cats sense All the losses and The expense If you call upon Their sweetest care They are long gone The … Continue reading →

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Soul

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Helen

Burning on this pyre of many years I weave my own lost mystery We have too many deeds undone and too little history to make any sense of you and me We look to skies above to find a god … Continue reading →

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Solitude

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Helen

You are no longer here It has been many, many years I’m growing old With all our stories yet untold My memory still is clear Your ghost has now withdrawn And from this book our pages torn A broken heart … Continue reading →

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Pray – for Prompt 45 Festering Jealousy

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Helen

  Your words are taken While mine forsaken Your lilting voice Removes all choice Your gracious heart Tears mine apart Your spirit freed I crack and bleed For you the smile The warmth and style For me but earth A … Continue reading →

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