Tag Archives: loss

Crystal Life

A little ballerina Crystal life Shimmers soulless on the mantelpiece All alone Music playing Cannot reach her She’s just stationary Crystal tones How our little Ballerina Yearns to dance now upon A darkened stage But she’s frozen Like a memory Captured … Continue reading

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Too Many

Too many years These pleasures pall Just salty tears Then none at all I seek to climb Only to fall Adrift in dreams A nightscape bright On weary lids Mere hope alights But as I reach It’s out of sight … Continue reading

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Epitaph

I weep not for my fallen friends I know I’ll join them once again When life has lost me to the veil We’ll gather, walking on the trail I’ll raise a glass to see them true As all our friendships … Continue reading

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Cold, Cold

Her face was shiny, sickly So unwell, her fingers trembled as she held a cup so brimming, but lifelessly skimming, of cold, cold coffee Something in her broken Like fine porcelain left out in wind and rain, she seemed a … Continue reading

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Final Cut

The final cut The final day Was slicing through everything Fear, hope, dismay Was a backwards glance Walking away The final cut The final day The final cut Without remorse Was denying everything What was worse Was a flippant comment … Continue reading

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Free

Free from thought Free from time Free from consequence Free from crime Free from circumstance Free from fear Free from sympathy Free from cheer Free from thoughts now Free from strife May as well be Free from life © Helen … Continue reading

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Take Me Back – for Prompt 31 Take Me Back

He stood Bedraggled urchin on the doorstep He was a parcel left open in the rain A supplicant gazing into my unblinking eyes one more time ‘Take me back’ I’d envisaged this moment a thousand, thousand times But not like this … Continue reading

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The Day That You Were Lost To Me

The day that you were lost to me Somewhere between the sand and sea Somewhere between the breath And breathless dusty death A raven flying homeward, finally free That day the moon rose over the sun Eclipsed all beauty, so … Continue reading

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Would

I would have your sighs For just one moment Gaze into your eyes If only for this To turn and walk away And shake my head and say ‘I’m sorry that it had to end this way’ I would have … Continue reading

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Aftermath

We will till the fields in the aftermath We will grow new harvests We will tend new paths We will dream of better days As gods dance and laugh We will till the fields in the aftermath We will lay … Continue reading

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