Tag Archives: identity

Facing One’s Fears…..

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Helen

OK, they say facing your fears is good for you. Let’s hope so! Today I do something which many of you do happily and without thought often – as celebration, as memories, as fun – but for me it is … Continue reading →

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Request

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

  Would you be my friend here and stay Make my pain and my fears go away? I’ve been lost for all of today Today Would you hold my hand for a while Soothe confusion softly and smile? I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Dream Big

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Life’s no rehearsal No matter how it seems Aim not for half-truths Reach for the extremes Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Live large, live large Make sure that you … Continue reading →

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People Like Us

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

People like us should be quarantined from society People like them never realise what they have seen People like us play our dark little games like puppeteers People like them don’t understand they live in a dream People like us … Continue reading →

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Fringes

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Helen

I live on the fringes I hide in the dark My home is in alleyways or deep in the park I breathe contradiction The web of my words are born for confusion I am the absurd I’ll never be like … Continue reading →

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Jekyll

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

I am the Jekyll to your Hyde I am the muse that stirs your pen I am the question deep inside You are the now, I am the then I am the kindness, you are the cruel I am the … Continue reading →

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Anonymity

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Helen

No face To this name No trace Are we What we claim Re-traced? Could we In this game be Replaced? No face To this name No trace Unknown Day to day Alone Here we May yet pray Atone All the … Continue reading →

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Aspiration

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

You cling to the ragged coat-tails of my indecisive elevation Flapping helpless, errant clothes on the line in the midst of a storm Or a leaf buoyant but aimless on the crest of a river’s wave You see in me … Continue reading →

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Chrysalis Stage – Prompt 10 Metamorphisis

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Helen

In my chrysalis stage I had no face I woke to find Of my visage Not a single trace I saw, it seemed, through tiny hairs Across my featureless skin Fine tuned antenna let The visual in Through sound waves … Continue reading →

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Secret – For Prompt 9 – Free Share

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Helen

Can I whisper you a secret Do you promise not to tell? Does it matter if it’s painful Would the truth do just as well? I’ve a face that hides my spirit There’s another lurking there And sometimes I see … Continue reading →

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