Tag Archives: identity

Scarlet

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Helen

They called her Scarlet Just like her lips Between the name and the soul Something else trips She’s like the moon’s parade At the eclipse Such a name, Scarlet Deep and red stained Wild was her nature With nothing contained … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Tell – For Prompt 26 What Can Change The Nature Of a Man?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Helen

WARNING:  This is a particularly dark poem about trauma based mind control. 1) Split mind dislocated by trauma Visceral pain and vast Encompassing humiliation Add to this a scintilla Of doubt and distraction Mix the recipe lightly With dissociation Torture … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

The conversation is done The waiting has begun Such structured, strict confines Illuminates and then defines One’s life in epigrams Lost postcards, telegrams The dance of words is all One now awaits the call The call may never come Now … Continue reading →

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Mirror

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Helen

If I held a mirror Closely up to you Could you see yourself Could you witness true? Could you see the dissonance Tween what you say and do Could you see yourself Could you witness true? In your world a … Continue reading →

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Feeding Time For Fools – for Prompt 24 – Vixen

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen

They have named me vixen These shrewd, careful boys In a word they have captured All elements, all meanings As though in describing thus I am therefore contained It’s just feeding time for fools And only fools here remain They … Continue reading →

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Sadness

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Helen

I am a sadness without name Tears are unshed from blue grey eyes I am a candle without a flame Dull recognition without surprise Disconsolate dreaming without an aim Where is the sky for this bird to arise? Where is … Continue reading →

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Battle

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Helen

‘Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you’ Friedrich Nietzsche Unaccustomed to your eyes I returned the gaze I found myself in apparent delight, a simple … Continue reading →

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Still

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Helen

Still photography terrifies Pinned like a butterfly To the wall A moment in time Captured forever No hope of revision Excision To this perpetual vision It was but a moment Fleeting expression Trace of a smile Just gone And the … Continue reading →

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Elliptical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

Your words are so elliptical Convex thoughts conspire With parallels of earth and fire Your methods are quite comical Flair of wit and wild design Conveys the web weave of your mind The result is so fantastical Do mythic beasts … Continue reading →

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Contrary

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Helen

I am a creature Out of time and style When blizzards rage I wear a smile In victory’s glare A frown I wear When joy is here I shed a tear I do not think I come from here I … Continue reading →

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