Tag Archives: Dreams

Mood Indigo

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Helen

Navy black depression Too many coffees consumed This desperate day Awaking desolate Without rhyme or reason In doubt and dismay Mood indigo Crosses your brittle thoughts Like a lost memory All of these colours Just fading away Just the light … Continue reading →

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Press ‘Start’

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Helen

I was reluctant to begin To press start entailed Commitment and belief It required An act of faith My doubting heart eschewed It needed Bravery I fear I lacked I was hesitant to call To press the buttons necessary A … Continue reading →

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Sleepwalker

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Helen

Sonambulatory surrender Caught between Ether and ethereal Exilir and exile Wandering blind but seeing Down shadowed hallways Shuffling, shuffling Delirious disorientation Shot through with Night and nightmare Delirium and dream Every step a pattern Of preternatural instinct Shuffling, shuffling Sleepwalker … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Helen

As the cacophony of celebration settles Into the grooves of hopefulness and aspiration The world teeters on a precipice Of its own unconscious design May we have quiet This New Year’s Day May we rest As astrologers and prophets pen … Continue reading →

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Shadows

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Helen

Peek-a-boo Shadows lurking Children play In darkened rooms Lullabies Hide their terrors In the world The black rose blooms Hush now child No use crying Shadow friends Have come to play All who live Will soon by dying Nothing more … Continue reading →

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New Year Resolutions

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Helen

Most years I don’t bother with new year resolutions. If I do make one, I keep it, despite all odds. One year I vowed not to eat chocolate for a whole year. Anyone who knows me would know that’s a … Continue reading →

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My Little Secret

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Helen

You’re my little secret Am I yours? You’re someone I can’t forget Only because Every time I see your face I pause You’re my little secret Is this wrong? It’s just I want connection To belong I promise I won’t … Continue reading →

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Hypnosis

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Helen

Calming voice Heard just above the breeze Light touch to forehead Relaxes by degrees Somewhere a bell is chiming Seems so very far away I think that I forgot my name Somewhere along the way Hear the clock Hanging high … Continue reading →

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Say My Name

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Helen

Say my name In deepest Winter As icicles form upon Your very breath You’ll call me thief Of joyful memories Make me someone You won’t forget Say my name When Autumn’s colours Paint a picture Upon the lawn I am … Continue reading →

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Captured Moments

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Helen

These photos are my captured moments Recollections of you, they flicker in and out of view like a silent movie reel and  I follow their lead by emotion and I feel so much that the memories arising are uncertain and … Continue reading →

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