Tag Archives: freedom

Dissolution

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Helen

Faith dissolves and recreates A fleeting bird Do you see? On the wings of a prayer? Desolation calls for more A distant twin to hope Do you hear? Remembering this day? Abject we may fall To ancient crosses now Do … Continue reading →

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Fly Away

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Helen

Fly away from this carnival of fools The glitter has now withered As ghost dust on the floor Pierrot is broken-hearted Columbine will come no more So fly away Fly away from this false and gaudy fair In the dirt … Continue reading →

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Dragon’s Breath

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Helen

Feel me breathe My fire breath I am license I am death Warm your heart Your icy bones Give you most When you’re alone Dragon’s breath Wilder heart Where they finish Where I start Feel me breathe My fire breath … Continue reading →

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Scarlet

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Helen

She stood alone In scarlet Defiant against The palest moon Her dress was satin Pure scarlet Broken promises made Too soon Her life force shining As scarlet On barren plains Seeking life She stood alone In scarlet And to no … Continue reading →

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Falcon

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Helen

I called you falcon You returned Like a guardian to my arm Penetrating Was your gaze As you kept my world from harm If for brief moments You’d escape me Wing away, that was your charm I called you falcon … Continue reading →

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Distraction

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Helen

I need centring I need control I’m just avoiding All I must do I love distraction Soothes my soul Makes me forget I Must follow through I’m writing poems When yet instead I should be drafting Something more All that’s … Continue reading →

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Key

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Helen

My master gave to me a key Said ‘with this charm I set you free But first you must discover the lock That fits this key, and ere the clock Chimes into morning, or you’ll find All hope of freedom … 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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Escape

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Helen

I’ll run away tonight from you I’ll pack up bags so silently That nothing of my passing shall Even whisper on the breeze I’ll travel through the darkest hues Through quiet streets I’ll steal away And you will never raise … Continue reading →

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First Desire for Prompt 34 ‘My First’

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Helen

If I try very hard I may recall Days of innocence Before wit and eloquence Before confines and conformity Before knowledge of who I was And yet may be Within the world Of my small family I may recall The … Continue reading →

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