Tag Archives: identity

La Vie En Rose

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Helen

That old song La Vie en Rose Draws me in At the end of this perfect day The colour so redolent Of all on display I think I know What the singer proclaimed For a moment I’m her On the … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Face

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Helen

What shall it be Your new year’s face? Wipe away the past Without a trace Let yourself rise A brand new you Defined by what You say and do The past is gone So don’t look back The mirror lies … Continue reading →

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I Yearn

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Helen

I yearn for something I cannot name I sometimes see it out of the corner of my eye Or dancing in the fire’s flame An ethereal understanding Or a test or ritual that if I pass through I’ll never be … Continue reading →

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The Forest

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Helen

I go to the forest at night If only in my mind To find a tranquility In darkened paths And moonlit creeks As if within the mystery I seek My own heart Deep in the forest at night I find … Continue reading →

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Multitudes

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Helen

“I contain multitudes’ – Walt Whitman There comes a time we realise and feel a lack of linearity within and confused we stumble through our memories as if to excavate the shape and form of who we are from what … Continue reading →

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Duality

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Helen

How much of her is me? How much of me is her? A mirror lets me see More yet I may infer It seems we may have split When did this occur? How much of her is me? How much … Continue reading →

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Confused

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Helen

I’m confused Can you see? Can you decipher Easily? Can you help Please help me? I’m distorted On my face No linearity No safe place I’m pathetic A disgrace Normal service Will resume There’s no need To auto-tune I’ll return … Continue reading →

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Connected

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Helen

Across the city the electricity yearns to touch each trembling soul and I awake in the middle of the night to tremble, shake within my very core this deep earthquake of being known Our separateness we take for granted only … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Helen

Shake off all the shackles Of your tired fretting mind You’ve grown old The years have passed unnoticed And you’ve been hostage to The trance of others’ dreams Your prison is your creation Even as others have Offered dubious helping … Continue reading →

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Choice

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Helen

This is you Creature of extremes And latitudes Confusion in flesh Chimera of your making I’ve had my fill of you You do not know You do not know Your fractured moving soul No constancy A slap, a hug and … Continue reading →

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