Tag Archives: shadows

From The Light

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Helen

Into this world we stumble From the light Eyes adjusting To the darker hues Of humanity Become accustomed To the heavy weight Of flesh and bone Fragments escaping Yearning for a Far too quickly Forgotten home Like a child we … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged beginning, birth, body, breath, dark, earth, light, living, loss, memory, new life, shadows | Leave a comment

Evening Falls

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Helen

Evening falls A cloak on a beggar’s shoulders Meagre starlight sprinkled like breadcrumbs on the firmament Eclipsing the last rays of red and purple heraldry of another day forgotten and lost Evening falls A silence rivalling the distant hum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged darkness, dreaming, evening, home, nighttime, shadows, sleep, starlight, travel, twilight | 8 Comments

Shadows

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Helen

Peek-a-boo Shadows lurking Children play In darkened rooms Lullabies Hide their terrors In the world The black rose blooms Hush now child No use crying Shadow friends Have come to play All who live Will soon by dying Nothing more … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged childhood, dark, darkness, dissociation, Dreams, fearful, fears, Games, lullaby, madness, nursery rhyme, shadows, threat | 5 Comments

Suspended

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Helen

Darker shadows suspended Above particles of falling light A raven wing fluttering Amidst the sea of curtains Wafted in the breeze I thought my heart would freeze To see you on the stair Just standing there in thought Long before … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged belief, choice, cruelty, dark, dark love, death, delusion, denial, dissociation, Dreams, fear, madness, memories, memory, mind control, Musings, pain, passion, Relationships, revenge, shadows | 16 Comments

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 →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, choice, craving, dark, death, denial, Musings, mysticism, pain, passion, shadows, Spiritual, truth, yearning | 20 Comments

Evening Shadowplay

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Helen

Shadows on the walls past twilight flicker fitfully in thrall to the candlelight Storytelling in movement A strange grey dance Heads turning slowly Mass shifting, lumbering Then sudden, frenetic yet graceful hands reflect precision in odd restraint A silence of … Continue reading →