Tag Archives: loss

Whenever I Love

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Helen

He said that the walnuts Looked like a brain Defiant, built sand castles Out in the rain Divined all the mysteries I couldn’t explain But unlike that last winter He won’t come again He seemed like a man But was … Continue reading →

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Not You

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Helen

The doorbell rang My heart it sang But it wasn’t you The telephone call Was a rise, then fall It wasn’t you The letter I read Was another’s instead And not from you And the email received Gave me no … Continue reading →

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Cult Status

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Helen

He had Cult status Long before He knew He drew Aficionados Right out of The blue He couldn’t Stand us Neither me Nor you But he had Cult status Nothing he Could do He suffered Cult status One of the … Continue reading →

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End of an Era

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Helen

I always felt she epitomised the end of an era Like a queen surveying her own jazz age She was born out of time A moment too late Like an exclamation mark to remind us of former days that never … Continue reading →

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Father

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Helen

In my father’s home His father stern Created out of fear and rules The fault lines in his children All broken somehow In their own, unique way They took their lessons Into the bleak day The bleak day In my … Continue reading →

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Falling

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Helen

God help me as I fall, fall down deeper down Are you there in the ether with a soothing hand? Are the shadows merely chimeras I do not understand But yet I do And yet I do And I’m just … Continue reading →

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Blackest Rose

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Helen

This forsaken shore This brittle morn Where lives were lost And vows forsworn We count the cost Before the dawn Before the dawn Such flags were raised Such plans begun A birth betrayed Forgotten son And all our oaths Are … Continue reading →

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Silence

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Helen

A silence fills this house The clock grows still And on the window sill This fractured night No songbird will alight Not even breath will stir Mouths are silent Yet deeply violent Messages they convey Before the break of day … Continue reading →

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Before

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Helen

I lost you before I knew you It is our fault combined, both yours and mine Our family beliefs became our history rendering only mystery I understood your pain as a later, thing apart I did not know your heart You … Continue reading →

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Recognised Too Late

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Helen

They said they knew you They said they knew They understood you Saw right through They knew your patterns What you’d do They said they knew you They said they knew You made the liars Made them lie Just would … Continue reading →

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