Tag Archives: truth

Chill Factor

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Helen

Winter has a chill factor It teaches to its favoured sons A desolate determination To take all as prisoners, every one An ice to flavour All relationships The wit and cruelty Of an upturned lip Winter’s deep chill factor Permeates … Continue reading →

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Trending Now

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Helen

I’ve been following the trends I’ve been making my amends When required I would bow Could it be I’m trending now? I have followed all the rules Made friends here of kings and fools All that fashion would allow Could … Continue reading →

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Too Many

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

Too many years These pleasures pall Just salty tears Then none at all I seek to climb Only to fall Adrift in dreams A nightscape bright On weary lids Mere hope alights But as I reach It’s out of sight … Continue reading →

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Omega

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Helen

I am weary of the alpha So long ago Such beginnings are forever Build too slow I am waiting as omega At the end And death and all his retinue Are my friends I complete this like a snake now … Continue reading →

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Chain

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Helen

These rings and bracelets chain me here upon the mast, this bleakest year I travel far cross endless seas A servant praying on my knees The finery I wear upon my skin is where the debt’s begun And I rely … Continue reading →

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Epitaph

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Helen

I weep not for my fallen friends I know I’ll join them once again When life has lost me to the veil We’ll gather, walking on the trail I’ll raise a glass to see them true As all our friendships … Continue reading →

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Surrender

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Helen

This moment trembling Before the choice to believe Or withdraw A greater light shining from this door These hallowed halls are greeting me And all these truths here meeting me And should this moment fleeting be I weep, I love, … Continue reading →

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Olympus Falls

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Helen

Olympus falls these days But incremental degrees Each country’s governments Abject, on their knees So rife with ill-intent Than none can please The gods of old are gone They neither care nor know Of petty battles here Of regimes overthrown … Continue reading →

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Demons

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Helen

Battling my demons They hide In crevices in my mind Like memories I inconveniently find Too quickly to avert my gaze They’re there Dark silhouettes they dance A strange syncopation To remind me Of their origins and station In my … Continue reading →

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Virtue

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

Virtue is above the need for truth It calls to something far more powerful Deep within It is honour here without need of proof It shows the inner warrior The place to begin It’s nothing more nor less than perfect … Continue reading →

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