Tag Archives: Musings

Transcend

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Helen

Between us all perhaps Are threads of light Shimmering For those with eyes to see Ephemeral connection Pulsing with pure love Every moment As we breathe The mystics say that God is One And so it seems are we In … Continue reading →

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First Crush

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Helen

When I was sixteen I saw a face I will never forget Upon his skin Not yet a trace Of time’s sweet savagery yet I yearned for him But spoke no words All these secrets that I kept At sixteen … Continue reading →

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Life Lessons

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Helen

Oh wow I lost my job today What gift in this circumstance Is hidden away? Gift, schmift Is what I say!! Crap happens somewhere Every day Karma is a bitch but from what I see She bestows her fortune and … Continue reading →

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Prompt 7 – Nonsense Madness – Sixteen

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Helen

Sixteen days, sixteen hours, Sixteen minutes I saw sixteen flies Around the carcass What? What did you say? Oh, you think You’re very clever then Sixteen One plus six is seven All good children go to heaven Cosmic jokesters all … Continue reading →

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Bitten Twice

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Helen

I heard your voice this morning Across a crowded café And in this vocal memory So many years just washed away I would have searched you out Before you went away But I found I had nothing to say You … Continue reading →

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The Limerick That Yearned For More

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Helen

There once was a limerick I knew That people would quote in review A laugh it would bring While it yearned to sing Of something more pure and true But the truth will not bring it much cheer Since sonnets … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Helen

Dismay Today I pray The way Will cut through all dismay, today you Give to my heart, I pray, the way through It’s true I do Come through For you My heart was yours then, it’s true I do care … Continue reading →

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Discordance

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Helen

A solitary man Upon this road Listens so intently Above him a starlit canopy Sings songs of the spheres No discordance here A chill within Bids him pull His collar to his throat Before him aches the road The travail … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Helen

First a creeping fear The unknown peeks Its shadowed head above the bow In this debut year The author finds she speaks Of truths hidden until now Every step she takes One piece of her goal Slots quiet, firm in … Continue reading →

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Nothing Personal

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Helen

Nothing personal Wrong place, wrong night Nothing personal In a gaze returned Nothing deliberate In communion made Nothing legitimate In lessons learned Nothing personal In games we played Quite immaterial What we denied Nothing deliberate In trust so broken Nothing … Continue reading →

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