Tag Archives: Philosophy

United

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

Our hands clasp across this misery Determined we arise There’s time now to re-write history To stand united in our eyes A slave’s life these days are seen as free Deluded by diversion And yet now entrapped we still will … Continue reading →

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Crooked House

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Helen

This crooked house for crooked folk Secrets are silent, yet are spoke Its crooked values are the yolk For crooked dreams that they invoke This crooked life for crooked men Completes a cycle, starts again The dearest enemies talk as … Continue reading →

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The White Palace

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Helen

“Delirium is good for you” Said the master of the halls It takes you further, further in It mixes terror now with sin It shows the novice how to begin With summer nights and lace In the White Palace The … Continue reading →

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Luminescence

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

They call you mystery Arching from the void Of limitless possibility A face beyond time Conscious thought or design Your call an ancient melody In abstract tongue Such light falls across the sky Luminescence from your eye They call you … Continue reading →

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Tuxedo Nights

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Helen

I no longer yearn for tuxedo nights Glamour holds no sway on me Visceral hunger for elegantry Is frozen as a winter strewn lake I would no longer hold Gatsby’s hand Give him shelter in the jazz age Swinging softly … Continue reading →

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Mistake

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Helen

A click on the keyboard A stroke of the pen Decision made in haste Miscalculates, and then All we know of hell And all we’d know of heaven Descends A word brusquely spoken A tear soaked voice Denial of true … Continue reading →

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Chaos is My Friend

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Helen

Primordial, primal energy The Tower always falls Undifferentiated mystery Distant, deep cat calls Dragon stirs within Orion Sweeps stars now with his wings While this little world is dying A new birth gently sings Out of all destruction Out of … Continue reading →

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Dark Parade

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Helen

I have not yet Been consumed by lust or love I’ve flown above The act while it was made Just curiosity For all the games we’ve played I have not known My soul, this dark parade I have not yet … Continue reading →

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Guilt

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Helen

I am drawn out on this rack Spread like withered newspaper crackling and brown; I have hungered beyond earthly recognition for a moment of almost predatory peace Sweet skeleton irradiates unspoken crimes; days long ago during summer’s idyll, where we … Continue reading →

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The Progress of the Tarot – Part One

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Helen

The Fool On the precipice Dancing dog Bids you jump and fly In my world this new Chance here seems Both wonderous, dread The Magician Purest alchemy As above So below, is known Can I take this chance Weave it … Continue reading →

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