Tag Archives: fear

Ask

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Helen

He said that he may ask but once And should you get your answer wrong The whiplash on your skin would tell Your misery and your dullard’s song He said that should he ask you twice If generous natured was … Continue reading →

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Moment – for Prompt 55 Slowly Dawning Horror

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Helen

There was a moment when you stood upon the stair and all the lights of the world coalesced cascading in your lustrous hair, and men in rooms played billiards into the night And you thought you could still make it … Continue reading →

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Live Through This – for Prompt 50 Grim Determination

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

Live through this Life under your microscope Dull tones ringing silence A sigh of lost regret I try then to forget Each day I awoke to just sunlight Set to expose Live through this The madness of the drama queen’s … Continue reading →

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Feast

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Helen

This ravenous hunger Will not be satiated These elegant hosts Not here ingratiated A perfect feast Is kept at arm’s length To bridge this distance There is no strength The fatted cow lies In glorious display This perfect savagery Here … 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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Laika

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Helen

Confinement is imprisonment Little pioneer of science Once the vastness of your world Comprised of dirty, city streets And endlessness was hunger Cold and pain Brothers and sisters found In science’s sepulchral walls Once worthless finding worth In expendability All … Continue reading →

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Prism

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Helen

I’ve been watching you I’ve quite a singular view Across the laneway by design All things come to me in time This prism that refracts the light Brings me your secrets every night I am always watching you And there … Continue reading →

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This Charming Man

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Helen

This charming man Means you harm This charming man Is nought but charm I do not wish To cause alarm But for his sickness There’s no balm This charming man Takes brides to death His secrets hidden On his breath … Continue reading →

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Suspended

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Helen

Darker shadows suspended Above particles of falling light A raven wing fluttering Amidst the sea of curtains Wafted in the breeze I thought my heart would freeze To see you on the stair Just standing there in thought Long before … Continue reading →

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Demons

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Helen

Battling my demons They hide In crevices in my mind Like memories I inconveniently find Too quickly to avert my gaze They’re there Dark silhouettes they dance A strange syncopation To remind me Of their origins and station In my … Continue reading →

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