Tag Archives: secrets

City Bright

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Helen

The city bright Illuminates And in its sight Our simple fates Can swift take flight Or deviate The city glows Electric flame Within it knows Its secret name Its secret game The city cold Its beating heart Is young and … Continue reading →

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Glow

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Helen

How they glow Secrets you may know If you’re very quiet If you take this slow All these wonders You too can know How the fire Warms their hearts Somewhere you can wander Somewhere you can start Under the canopy … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Helen

Winter falls He walks alone Down pathways known Only to him Snow blasts Across tired eyes Blinding, dull Deep surprise Rugged up In animal skin He holds the cold Deep within Winter falls He walks alone Down pathways known Only … Continue reading →

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Primrose Path

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Helen

Down the primrose path we go Promises wrapped up with a bow Where we will land We’ll never know Down the path we go On the primrose path we’ll find All the choices left behind Are they cruel Are they … Continue reading →

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Early Morning

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Helen

Early morning is the purest and most peaceful time Soft sunlight dips its rays across A welcoming, soft toned sky The moon has vanished Waiting on her time And life surrenders to the warmth All around Early morning holds the … Continue reading →

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Narrow

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Helen

These streets are as thin as an old man’s arteries and so they should be in this narrow, narrow town where secrets hide in shadows blessed by sunlight falling on buildings so close, so close All is hidden here, it … Continue reading →

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Meet Me

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Helen

Meet me there In the hush of twilight Down the park Where shadows linger Under the light Of a lone lamp shining Meet be there Meet me there And hear them whisper The others here That meet in secret Under … Continue reading →

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Hide

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Helen

These streets are no place To hide, they are too bright And far too wide And all the houses here beside The doors too narrow For our stride In caves forgotten we may Yet dwell, I knew them once So … Continue reading →

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Rose Red

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Helen

Rose Red was her name Palest skin Lips of flame When she’d gone You weren’t the same From her blood Forever stained Rose red was her hue Seductress had The best of you Lashes long O’er eyes so blue What … Continue reading →

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Scandal

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Helen

Years ago now it was said she played a dangerous, exciting game and of her many suitors only one could take the blame, he lay bleeding in the scandal’s wake and never was the same It caused an internet sensation … Continue reading →

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