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Metropolis

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Helen

This vast city shimmers Along the shoreline Mirroring icy glittering beauty Of a thousand lights So beautiful tonight I could almost believe In a heaven somewhere Far away And yet like this Metropolis But underneath the beauty Lurks the truths … Continue reading →

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The Old Town – Memory Part Twou

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Helen

What secrets lay beneath The bright shining health Of the old town? The streets like arteries Reaching to the township heart A creature separate, apart Drawing all its children in and down The old town Why do I shudder now … Continue reading →

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Eagle At Night

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Helen

The eagle flies at night Alone among the stars He soars The coverage of the dark His ancient instinct knows And follows like a light The eagle swims in dark A message held so deep Within A herald before dawn … Continue reading →

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Hide

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Helen

These streets are no place To hide, they are too bright And far too wide And all the houses here beside The doors too narrow For our stride In caves forgotten we may Yet dwell, I knew them once So … Continue reading →

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You

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Helen

I know you are waiting In the weave I know you are hiding Never leave I know you are whispering A choice I know your angelic Demon’s voice I know you are ancient But a child You slither like water … Continue reading →

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Temporary Rubies

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Helen

It is said of this river that long ago year It ran red with blood like a mad demon’s tears and the ice from the frost crystallised with the red like temporary rubies everywhere spread Beneath ravaged waters all of … Continue reading →

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Fetish

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Helen

You are my fetish I don’t want you real Your effect must be heightened Revealed, not concealed I want to just linger On the sweep of your face The song and the singer Not even a trace You are my fetish … Continue reading →

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In Plain Sight

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Helen

I will announce my crimes I’ll do this many times And so you can’t say true These things you never knew To be of the elect These actions I select I’ll bypass infamy And still the truth you’ll see Not hidden … Continue reading →

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Secret Smile

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Helen

My secret smile flowers in silence No-one can see My secret smile lasts but a moment’s brevity My secret smile tells of such truths the world can’t know My secret smile belongs only to me and I will not show … Continue reading →

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Capital

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Helen

In this nation’s capital The streets are wide And empty Comfort, structure and design Happily meet To hide the desperation within. All is hierarchy and status And form Parliament the lone sentinel On the hill Surveying all below In this … Continue reading →

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