Tag Archives: lost love

The Busy Signal

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Helen

Half past ten Dark morning Lingering over coffee My hand strays Silently prays Again and again In barely hidden Bleak despair For once again Again it’s there The busy signal I said I’d call You said you’d be Waiting by … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Times – for Prompt 8 – The Boy In The Red Vest

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

      I have written this a thousand times Tried cursive calligraphy Complicated rhymes Called you cruel and irrational Then beauteous, sublime I’ve written this A thousand times I have given you a thousand names I’ve accepted all the … Continue reading →

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Never

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

Now never a path back This road is broken Beaten down This is just sterile Conquered ground Now never a path back We’ll never speak of this As strangers pass Across these streets Where only loss And terror meets We’ll … Continue reading →

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Complete Abandon – for Prompt 18 – Losing Control

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Helen

Always the veritable picture of reserve I spent my days waiting for a god to fall from heaven or rise from hell and take me home, though long ago I’d found no path or road would lead me to a … Continue reading →

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Denied

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Helen

I drew from the well of his heart A simple enough place to start I sought not above nor below For guidance to follow my part I grew from the gifts he’d bestow In attention I’d bask and I’d glow … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Voices

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Helen

The telephone sits idle in its cradle The silence is so deafening it hurts I’ll forget you tomorrow if I’m able And I’ll pray to god you get your just deserts The days in this most awful week are dragging … Continue reading →

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Jealousy

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Helen

Your eyes have wandered from me Brevity Your gaze a flickering moment Lost to me Within your regard I once dwelled Blissfully But now your words are given Listlessly The joy once shared is defeated by Solemnity And for the … Continue reading →

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Melody

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

The melody Flows over me In waves Reminding me Of afternoons Long passed Where laughter called To moments in A kiss And lyrics sung Told stories from A dream The melody Remembers me Long gone It brings to mind A … Continue reading →

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I Loved You Once

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

I loved you once When we were young You were the poet The song unsung I barely knew What we’d begun Before our time was done I loved you then I’d love you now If all our history We’d avow … Continue reading →

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Guinevere’s Lament

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Helen

You will know my name As betrayal, infamy Great love forsaken for greater passion And a hidden intimacy Remembered in myth and legend And by scholars here discussed As though this did not happen To just people, to just us Songs … Continue reading →

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