Tag Archives: truth

Confusion or Curiosity

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

Feeling confused Conflicted This maze Is a labyrinth Hiding a minotaur Would Ariadne’s thread Lead me through? So unsure Of where I should land Loyalties are complex No truth is clear I don’t even know If I represent light Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, dark, honour, loyalty, Musings, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth | 2 Comments

Here Is Mystery

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Helen

Here is mystery The moment when reason retreats before belief The point of elation twisting into strange grief See a penitent soul falling like a thief naked and vulnerable to their knees before some ineffable light Here the Adept and … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, Aspiration, belief, faith, Musings, mysticism, Philosophy, quest, Spiritual, truth | 11 Comments

Self-Delusion Vs Self-Knowledge

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Helen

We only examine Truth we don’t like We readily accept The lies that we do We look for veracity In our depth of response We think if we feel it Then somehow it’s true If we find ourselves anxious We … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, delusion, denial, Musings, Philosophy, self-knowledge, truth | 7 Comments

Beauty Ritual

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Helen

Sitting in the hairdresser’s chair mid process, my hair spiked by colouring agents Purple swathes against beige I look like I’ve been adorned for a tribal ritual Frankly it’s vaguely frightening And how the lights play on my visage making … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, Beauty, fashion, hairdressing, Humor, Philosophy, ritual, truth | 4 Comments

Shock Freefall

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Helen

There was a moment I stood transfixed trying to assimilate what I had heard Could I process this revelation? Moreover could I believe? The balance, so complex and deceiving Would I even know, be able to see? Something so quiet … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, belief, choice, dark, denial, Philosophy, shock, truth | 5 Comments

Transition

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Helen

At what point is one beginning At what point the other end The singer from the singing The lover from the friend? The moment of elation From the knowledge of the fall The victorious jubilation From the rising to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged creation, Philosophy, Spiritual, time, truth | 9 Comments

Grace

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Helen

I wait now so impatient on the day When all my joys and sorrows can unite And all that I endeavour now, or say Eschews this darkness here, embraces light I wandered once within these halls so bleak I sought … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Philosophy, self-knowledge, sonnet, Spiritual, truth | 2 Comments

Time

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Helen

All these days Crowd upon each other Disposable When was I supposed to rise And make this real? Is the truth More simple after all There’s nothing real but time? Passing undisturbed By all our efforts Turning a lazy eye … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, ambition, Aspiration, futility, Life, Philosophy, progress, real, reality, time, truth | Leave a comment

Confidences

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Helen

Do you recall the secrets that we told In wine-lit moments as the day would end? I wonder at our courage then so bold To bare such precious thoughts to just a friend The weight of such a confidence is … Continue reading →