Tag Archives: Life

Reckoning

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Is there a true reckoning beyond the veil, a life re-lived in timelessness and understood objectively as a thing apart? Can the soul look upon its own deeds, weighed against conscious and unconscious intent; see for once the dissonance between … Continue reading →

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Elemental Cycles

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Helen

Desert thirst Waterless ocean Death by sand Fire dressing Flickering fabric as you writhe Bath too still Submerged for too long, motionless Natures loves this special vacuum No breath here Earth, fire, water, air; gather souls to home (c) Helen … Continue reading →

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Lifecycle

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Helen

Love Hopeful union Soul mate found Join in pure bliss Chosen Conception Intertwined energy Yin and yang Explode into potential Life Birth Squalling infant Wide open eyes Gasps the first breath Here Hope Ephemeral dream Ambition to reality Stretching, an … Continue reading →

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Last Moments, Fallen in Battle

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Helen

Susseration Sounds, sibilant Surrounding silence Murmuring memories I am alive I am alive Breathing betrays Beckoning beauty Breaking all boundaries Reflecting realities I know death I know death Faithless friend Forebears and fathers Foster no fealty Embracing endlessness This is … Continue reading →

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Before the Decline

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Helen

Nature is at its most beautiful The moment before the decay Flowers in full bloom Butterflies in flight Hovering over the precipice Of decline Similarly the lines of age Upon a face Begin to trace The trajectory of wisdom The … Continue reading →

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Muse

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Helen

I have no particular muse now Except thought Like a spider web, philosophies Are gently caught No separate intelligence seems to shine Or hover above And yet such words caress my mind With a sort of love On other days … Continue reading →

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Newborn

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Helen

A newborn Cries upon Seeing the world For the first time Harsh white light Noise and confusion Tossed from the deep Serenity of the womb Harbinger, perhaps Of the nature of life Moving from peace To tumult And back again? … Continue reading →

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Raven Flight

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Helen

The raven’s eye Blinks slowly Settled on its prize It has travelled far Now to find its way Cross a world of thieves And lies It holds alchemy And philosophies Within grasping claws So strong Like a psychopomp It will … 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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Time

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Helen

All these days Crowd upon each other Disposable When was I supposed to rise And make this real? Is the truth More simple after all There’s nothing real but time? Passing undisturbed By all our efforts Turning a lazy eye … Continue reading →

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