Tag Archives: loss

Deception

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Helen

Building belief On shifting sands Eyes that flicker Won’t meet your gaze You know this in your bones But still you want to dream Deception’s game entices Drawing you down A willing sacrifice Lamb to the slaughter led You’re helping … Continue reading →

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Dead Zone

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Helen

Here we bleed Without fluidity The cuts are deep But leave no scars All secrets kept Beneath this canopy All dying light Like ancient stars Here we touch With no true intimacy A kiss is papery On drying lips Here … Continue reading →

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Writing Challenge – Conspiracy

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Helen

There is nothing here for you The broken memories have corroded Like a fire they’ve burned through And all you might have tested Is now just a part of you And I have tried To make sense of this game … Continue reading →

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Spoken

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Helen

A love never spoken Just a flower that’s pressed Still fragrant years later All tear drops unshed And in this we have bled We have bled A step never taken Given over to fear Remembering joys never known From words … Continue reading →

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Incremental

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Helen

The road to despair is incremental It is rarely a steep descent Instead it follows pathways Of bleak and blighted hope Opportunities so close Within grasp and then elusive It builds an edifice so slowly Too late you see yourself … Continue reading →

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Dominion

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Helen

What is your dominion? Your ravaged terrain is bleeding Your soldiers fallen, leaving Like ghosts floating across A broken sky What is your dominion? This grasp for power petty A childhood dream gone sour And at this appointed hour You … Continue reading →

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The Lesser Bite

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Helen

The lesser bite Of a stranger’s rejection Still stings Perhaps on its own It would never cause Such pain But it seems it comes In groups, as do These things So the cut though slight Seems somehow deep Again A … Continue reading →

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Weight

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Helen

There is too much of me These days I lumber, old bones covered in skin that is loose, it folds across territories alien My rib cage disappeared so many years ago I can’t recall Beneath the layers hides the lithe form … Continue reading →

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Razor’s Edge

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Helen

I’m on the razor’s edge Of impossibilities On every road to choose A hungry devil waits Caught in the cold Implacable hands of fate From this trajectory I can’t deviate I’m barely breathing When the road before Is too straight … Continue reading →

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Regret

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Helen

You fell so far The very stars did die It’s such a shame To see an angel cry I heard you sing Before you crashed below And what you lost I guess we’ll never know You reached so high The … Continue reading →

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