Tag Archives: mind control

We Can’t Tell – For Prompt 26 What Can Change The Nature Of a Man?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Helen

WARNING:  This is a particularly dark poem about trauma based mind control. 1) Split mind dislocated by trauma Visceral pain and vast Encompassing humiliation Add to this a scintilla Of doubt and distraction Mix the recipe lightly With dissociation Torture … Continue reading →

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Artist

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Helen

Be for me an artist of my memory These shining links which fill the void-less universe are only you Your hand which binds enchains me in your brittle grasp Sweet Eros on the hunt throw out your snares for I … 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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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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Programming Breakdown

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Helen

The programming has broken Normal service Will not resume Anytime soon The stalker has lost his quarry He cannot recall His instructions at all Like a lone wolf He bays at the moon The triggers are wide of their mark … Continue reading →

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Casanova

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Helen

The flights of fancy From your eyes Flirtatious and intense Then cool attention Mimics ice As fire of passion relents These games you play So intricate Like chess, a structured strategy Are but your cards Used to relate To delve … Continue reading →

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Infamy

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

These names that reek depravity Vlad Dracul and De Sade, Marquis Gilles De Rais of Jeanne D’Arc’s army The grasping Countess Bathory Blood soaked rites and cruelty Demand a soulless infamy Damnation for eternity Eternity In literature’s deep, darkest fame The … Continue reading →

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Sweet Derangement

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Helen

Sweet derangement of the senses Brittle voices, mission bell Truth distorted, past defences Secrets too bizarre to tell Acid dreams and cocktail fancy Spread-eagled specimen here lies From some pit of necromancy Comes the darkened lord of flies In the … Continue reading →

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Just a Spark

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

I remember Looming shadows Large across old walls In a quiet room I remember Low murmuring Chanting in alien words I did not understand Swaying figures in this dark Something coming Just a spark Just a spark I remember Kept … Continue reading →

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The Master

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Helen

A smile of simple kindness can hide the raving jaws of a lost beast Revenge is sweeter done through others; they do not pity in the least A hive mind shudders Awaking from its slumber to be seen anew And … Continue reading →

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