Tag Archives: lies

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 Promise

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Helen

He made the promise to you One perfect springtime morn His words they were so precious So much to wish upon How could you know by summer That he’d be gone? Your dress it was so pretty He said beyond … Continue reading →

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Trust (Part One)

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Helen

In you we trust Blindfolded Waiting here Desperate We must World just falls to chaos No sure anchor Yet appears We’re just waiting here In trust May your words Yet be true As you say Belief is hard Absurd Is … Continue reading →

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Ghosts

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Helen

These ghosts tell lies They wander hallways With dull abandon Secrets glittering in their eyes We bid them speak Sepulchral colours Stars just dying Flickering and so, so weak We mourn our lost But they are wavering In and out … Continue reading →

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Best Kept Secret

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Helen

You have the best kept secret of all They’d never know or guess How far you’d stoop or fall You hide your crimes in plain sight The whiplash of comedy Is a beacon far too harsh and bright For years … Continue reading →

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Truth or Dare?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Helen

To speak the truth so long past now I am not certain I can try I know not where I may begin To be so certain I don’t lie And do I dare and would I choose To risk it … Continue reading →

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Cover Up

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Helen

My face is covered in makeup Fine painting on my form My words are carefully chosen So much different from when born And with artifice and product My daily mask I now adorn From my sins I won’t recover I … 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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House of Lies

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Helen

This is a house of lies These hallways can disguise The players and the gamblers Vying for the prize This house is full of ghosts These evil, spectral hosts Whisper words to damn you Darken souls the most The politics … Continue reading →

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Masks

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Helen

See this pattern falling, rising Hear these words, though not surprising All our future, we’re surmising is our true selves much disguising In these hallways of invention sinews stretched with patient tension Find the lies we could not mention hold … Continue reading →

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