Tag Archives: memory

Soul

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Helen

Burning on this pyre of many years I weave my own lost mystery We have too many deeds undone and too little history to make any sense of you and me We look to skies above to find a god … Continue reading →

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Solitude

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Helen

You are no longer here It has been many, many years I’m growing old With all our stories yet untold My memory still is clear Your ghost has now withdrawn And from this book our pages torn A broken heart … Continue reading →

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Lost Highway

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Helen

A scratched message on a dirty mirror In this rest room of this station Spoke of coldness, spoke of mystery And some deeper, dark elation ‘Come and join me’ it has whispered ‘Come and see me, come and play’ But … Continue reading →

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Waiting – for Prompt 41 Consuming Impatience

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Helen

My skin cracks and splits Beneath this weight of hours Emotions parched This desert life has gripped me Yet still has ill-equipped me For its slow and steady Portentous demands There was that moment on the stair Your hushed voice … Continue reading →

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Dragon Dream – for Prompt 40 Sheer Wonder

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Helen

  Adrift in city streets at night No cars in sight I’m calling to a distant light These stars indeed might fall for me They might A single child lost in despair With no-one there As susseration splits the air … Continue reading →

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Captured Moments

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Helen

Sweet photographs Yellowing with time Remind me of you And such days sublime Captured moments of Our lives and love The way we seemed to fit Just like hand in glove Such sweet treasures these Perfect memories Herein portraits bound … Continue reading →

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Mood Indigo

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Helen

Navy black depression Too many coffees consumed This desperate day Awaking desolate Without rhyme or reason In doubt and dismay Mood indigo Crosses your brittle thoughts Like a lost memory All of these colours Just fading away Just the light … Continue reading →

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Seaside Rendevous

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Helen

I waited for you I believed As the tide crashed upon the shore I drew your name in the sand Then watched it wash away Only to draw it again Our seaside rendezvous you said Will be grand Will be … Continue reading →

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Hypnosis

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Helen

Calming voice Heard just above the breeze Light touch to forehead Relaxes by degrees Somewhere a bell is chiming Seems so very far away I think that I forgot my name Somewhere along the way Hear the clock Hanging high … Continue reading →

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Late Afternoon Argument

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Helen

It might have been the blistering sun Reflecting from the water It might have been the temperature Leeching through our summer clothes It might have been the low level humming Of people’s laughter and life nearby It might have been your … Continue reading →

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