Tag Archives: Love

Split

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

Split apart like a peach at the banquet table We are Cut adrift like a lost lifeboat floating on silent seas We are Broken down like a grandfather clock, portentous but still We are Forever lost like keys to forgotten … Continue reading →

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The Gift

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Helen

I took a gift to my sweet love And bid him merry meet A simple rose without a thorn I laid before his feet And he extolled my virtue pure And called me darling, sweet! My lover took me to … Continue reading →

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Pictures of You

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Helen

These pictures of you Are tattered by time I hide from their view Then surrender sublime I’ll say I forsake them I’ll say I forget But these pictures of you Are haunting me yet I’ve lived through three lifetimes Or … Continue reading →

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Companion

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Helen

My companion of these many years Has settled In the lining Of my hopes and dreams and fears Laugh lines marking All the memories That we share and hold so dear Like a soft enfolding blanket Slightly tattered But still … Continue reading →

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Locket

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Helen

The perfect locket Fine etched gold Hides your secrets Deep within How it shimmers In the moonlight Gold flecked warmth Like sun on skin And he’s thinking As it glistens This may be a way To begin Gilt edged locket … Continue reading →

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Missed Appointment

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Helen

Darkness creeps round the corner Of this dim-lit avenue It’s past midnight Outside this café As its soft light beckons you Dressed up for love But here you find Regret and solitude You missed your appointment And your suitor withdrew … Continue reading →

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First Crush

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Helen

When I was sixteen I saw a face I will never forget Upon his skin Not yet a trace Of time’s sweet savagery yet I yearned for him But spoke no words All these secrets that I kept At sixteen … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Helen

Dismay Today I pray The way Will cut through all dismay, today you Give to my heart, I pray, the way through It’s true I do Come through For you My heart was yours then, it’s true I do care … Continue reading →

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Voyager

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Helen

When I was a child I dreamed I was a tiger Roaring in my backyard As though in Africa As a teen I yearned for music To be dancing with the stars In a Hollywoodian moment Within America In my … Continue reading →

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Bid

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Helen

I shudder within Translucent skin I tremble above The sighs of love In terror I turn Unable to learn I climax, I fall Lost to it all The moment I breathe I’m starting to leave With never a word So … Continue reading →

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