Tag Archives: pain

Fetish

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Helen

You are my fetish I don’t want you real Your effect must be heightened Revealed, not concealed I want to just linger On the sweep of your face The song and the singer Not even a trace You are my fetish … Continue reading →

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Last Exit

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Helen

Waiting as it hits Lingering by your door Creating a memory My last exit Like the one before Returning to me This time is the end No more may I turn And re-enter the room Goodbye my friend I cannot … Continue reading →

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Slicing – for Community Storyboard September 8 Prompt – Horror Story

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Helen

Razor sharp Slicing My sinews crack open I’m almost unaware Of the assault It comes so quietly So expertly They always come In shadows And silence And slicing Sweat soaked sheets Would mix with blood Cold grey eyes Watched me … Continue reading →

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Falling

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Helen

God help me as I fall, fall down deeper down Are you there in the ether with a soothing hand? Are the shadows merely chimeras I do not understand But yet I do And yet I do And I’m just … Continue reading →

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Akin

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Helen

You are akin to night A starless sky A raven in full flight Utter absences of light You’re of the deep A well of longing A restless, fitful sleep Dark promises to keep You’re groom to death Funeral procession Secrets … Continue reading →

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Never

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

Now never a path back This road is broken Beaten down This is just sterile Conquered ground Now never a path back We’ll never speak of this As strangers pass Across these streets Where only loss And terror meets We’ll … Continue reading →

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Recognised Too Late

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Helen

They said they knew you They said they knew They understood you Saw right through They knew your patterns What you’d do They said they knew you They said they knew You made the liars Made them lie Just would … Continue reading →

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Murder

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Helen

Precision Ice cold hairline crack Splits apart Delicate Surgeon symphony Conducts pain Raw revolt Skin and sinew scram Bloodied cry Mute question Unanswered, too late Tell me why….. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Drunken Revelry

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Helen

Drunken revelry submerges Discontented, lost regret Lest from a deeper well emerges Images we’d best forget Party bonhomie is cloying Yet it still may have its charm All these strategies deploying Save us from unspoken harm Resting peaceful in a … Continue reading →

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Alcatraz

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Helen

My own personal Alcatraz Ground down Brute mortar and pestle Hanging from walls that seep Of age, pain and time Sunken, craven flesh and brittle bones But it’s all in my mind My mind Entrapped in thoughts of a past … Continue reading →

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