Tag Archives: madness

Battle

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Helen

‘Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you’ Friedrich Nietzsche Unaccustomed to your eyes I returned the gaze I found myself in apparent delight, a simple … Continue reading →

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Tarnished -for Prompt 23 – Anais Nin Quotes

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Helen

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” Anais … Continue reading →

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Hunger Part 2

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Helen

Gnawing need Beyond our choice Sweet desire Finds its voice Given nourishment We rejoice Craving, hunger Beyond our choice Stomach tightens Dragging need Isn’t gluttony Or even greed From this hell we Must be freed Grasping hunger Dragging need © … Continue reading →

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Paradoxical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

I woke one morning to recall A night without a dream at all And from this dreamless well arose Such choices, of which none I chose And from such choices turned away Came shafts of sunlight without day And memories … Continue reading →

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Elliptical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

Your words are so elliptical Convex thoughts conspire With parallels of earth and fire Your methods are quite comical Flair of wit and wild design Conveys the web weave of your mind The result is so fantastical Do mythic beasts … Continue reading →

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Warmth

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Helen

Too much warmth Is stifling It suffocates It draws you in Too little warmth Will cause a chill It turns you blue It makes you ill So what to make Of failing flame Just a mistake So who’s to blame? … Continue reading →

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I Am Lost

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Helen

I am lost within this maze This labyrinth I am frightened of the shadows And the Minotaur within I move forward Or so it seems Till I’m backward Lost in dreams Just lost I am lost within this house This … Continue reading →

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Before You

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Helen

Before you I was innocent I believed a smile Was just a smile A glance Was just a glance Before you I was half content I believed that love Would come to me My chance Would come, my chance Before … Continue reading →

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Out of Sight

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Helen

He was always just out of sight Leaving his debris behind He was one with shadow and night Always so cruel, never kind He was always just out of reach Pimpernel-like he would fly Blink and you’d miss what he’d … Continue reading →

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Fetish

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Helen

You are my fetish I don’t want you real Your effect must be heightened Revealed, not concealed I want to just linger On the sweep of your face The song and the singer Not even a trace You are my fetish … Continue reading →

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