Tag Archives: Relationships

Saint or Sinner

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Helen

Your eyes are crystals Looking to heaven Fallen Catholic boy Your poetry is beauty Structured and even Mother’s pride and joy Your deeds are darkness Poisoned chalice Like a demon seed Through the looking-glass Rather like Alice What do you … Continue reading →

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Broken Piano Keyboard

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Helen

This broken keyboard can still play If your fingers stir this way This room so white, a covered cloud With no memories or words allowed Furniture hides beneath these sheets And if you view it, hit repeat The echoes of these … Continue reading →

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Humpty Dumpty

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Helen

We are teetering on the edge Barely clinging to the ledge Emails and texts just pass us by I’ve no tears left inside to cry This world is in ruins There is no mistaking It’s far, far too late to … Continue reading →

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Pineapple

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen

You’re like a pineapple Rough on the outside Sweet within Prickly your hide dear Sharp and hard your skin Let me cut you open Let your juices flow The sweetness in your soul dear Is what I yearn to know … Continue reading →

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Muse

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen

Sing me your song of love Sing me your song Hand in hand, glove in glove Here I’ll belong If you must stray from me Don’t tarry long Sing me your song of love Sing me your song Write for … Continue reading →

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If

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Helen

If I were to see your face today I’d turn away There wouldn’t be a single thing I’d want to say I’d pretend I hadn’t seen you Or never knew The things that you turned into And how you grew … Continue reading →

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Lineage

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen

I am of a lineage of fools Dancing on the precipice we try For star filled futures which elude us still Just dancing on the hill Waiting for a happier surprise I am of a lineage of grief Weeping in … Continue reading →

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Would

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Helen

I would have your sighs For just one moment Gaze into your eyes If only for this To turn and walk away And shake my head and say ‘I’m sorry that it had to end this way’ I would have … Continue reading →

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Madness

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Helen

The madness of despair rides through her She breathes discontent and lability, her frown one moment turns to joy then darkens once again She is contradictions in all forms and cannot find the centre of herself let alone her world, … Continue reading →

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Softly

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen

Softly falling rain Against the window pane Undulates a rhythm Sings a sad refrain Gently falling snow As above, below Crystalline and bright Icy inner glow Deftly written line Ode to the Divine Only of the best Aging, vintage wine … Continue reading →

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