Tag Archives: Musings

Time

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Helen

This year Dreams long held silent And asleep Awaken This year This month Hidden truths are drawn To life’s brittle Surface This month This day The reconciliation of opposites Shines new light On paths once Impossible This day This hour … Continue reading →

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Greater

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

There are greater fears Than that Death’s dominion is A shroud at best The closing lid of the coffin Just a doorway beyond There are deeper darknesses within Than this The blood that beats Its circulatory path may spill Like … Continue reading →

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Lost Weekend

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Helen

Blink and it’s Monday Lost weekend A cavity of darkness Inhabits my mind Am I blind? What of the past two days? Where are they hid? Light flashing before my eyes Friday night dreams Can’t resolve now at all The … Continue reading →

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Merlin

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Helen

From what depths did you see Honor and pageantry Timeless mythology First there was one, then three Three into two won’t go Kingdoms to overthrow Merlin what do you know What is the truth you’d show? Lancelot, Arthur here Circle … Continue reading →

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Secret – For Prompt 9 – Free Share

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Helen

Can I whisper you a secret Do you promise not to tell? Does it matter if it’s painful Would the truth do just as well? I’ve a face that hides my spirit There’s another lurking there And sometimes I see … Continue reading →

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Lost At Sea

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Helen

Lost at sea Adrift for days I seek an albatross To light my way The water here’s Too rank to drink Voices murmur Won’t let me think I’ve navigated Until I’m lost On storm swept seas I’m cruelly tossed I … 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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One Eye Watching

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Helen

One eye watching Camera lens One heart bleeding Absent friends One word spoken Just a lie One heart broken Wish to die One voice singing In the dark One wing shattered Silenced lark One eye blinking Ancient crime See them … Continue reading →

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Craving

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Helen

I have travelled so far to see you I have journeyed on light and on words Slipped through parallel space just to find you Flown for miles, sister here to the birds I have struggled to gain all the answers … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Helen

What makes you feel, my dear What makes you fear? What makes it real, my friend Where does this end? If we begin, my foe Where will we go? And should we sin, my heart Whence then depart? Why now … Continue reading →

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