Tag Archives: pain

A Problem To Be Solved

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Helen

You always were A problem to be solved Riddle encased enigma Slippery to behold And who amongst us recognised The lies that you have told? You always were A mystery of art From depthless need A history apart But that’s … 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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Attendance

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Helen

We will mark attendance At the end of the parade All the right notations Crisply will be made So the information Is faithfully relayed And needed security Never is betrayed All the little soldiers Marching in a row See the dread … 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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Faceless One

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Helen

I dreamt Of the Faceless one Hidden eyes blazing Like collapsing sun Silent voice screaming Coming undone I heard the sound Of the Voiceless one Lyrical catcalls Dirges unsung Lost words accusing Everyone I felt the touch Of the Formless … 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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Pictures of You

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Helen

These pictures of you Are tattered by time I hide from their view Then surrender sublime I’ll say I forsake them I’ll say I forget But these pictures of you Are haunting me yet I’ve lived through three lifetimes Or … Continue reading →

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Carnivale

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Carnivale Of carnivores On with the show Blood rich life So adored In depths below Coloured lights Creatures strange Paraded for art Souls are lost To our cost Stabbed through the heart Carnivale Of troubadours Singing of sin If you … Continue reading →

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Alice

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Helen

Alice has fallen Through the glass again This life-like absurdity Raised to literary art Perversity in poetry She’s dancing with the mad again There’s secrets here Hid deep within The whirl of disordered thought Alice isn’t quite a child Not … Continue reading →

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