Tag Archives: madness

Evil

I have only encountered wickedness True evil Once Looking into a mauling, twisting face Multi-layered personalities Clashing Even the sheer physicality Stifled the incongruent Ravaged visage In any moment tears may have fallen From wild and manic Glittering eyes Projecting … Continue reading

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Ordinary Madness

Ordinary madness Every single day Failure to reality test Delusion in the way Wanting with every inch Of our fragile being Believing what we need to now Continuing unseeing. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Night Reverie

Night rings shrill in my ears Fractal electricity Humming beneath Tar filled roads And concrete beams Lights against Midsummer night sky Seem to dance To a madman’s lullaby Strangers’ faces Passed along nervous streets Wear unreal masks From some hidden … Continue reading

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To…?

I ache Within Stricken with a hunger I cannot name On the tip of my tongue It tantalizes A memory of the lost Do you haunt me still? You seemed so gone I blessed the relief Found an ordinary life … Continue reading

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Numbers – the relevation of the ‘too little sleep and too much coffee’

The four horseman were prepared, Pale Rider at the helm. He felt it, susserating underneath his skin. This morning he had woken to a strange thunderclap, but looking outside the sky was blue. The storm was internal then. Electricity coursed … Continue reading

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Mind Control

The scent of jasmine in the air As the evening music streams Down a hallway where I tremble On the cusp of darker dreams Butterflies now in my stomach As I see the stranger’s face Could this be a new … Continue reading

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