Tag Archives: unrequited love

Next In Line

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Helen

I’m here Your next in line I’m alone But I’m feeling fine I can wait For the longest time The longest time Don’t forget That I’m next in line Patience is A virtue so divine And you’re worth All my … Continue reading →

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He’s Not There

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Helen

It was in his eyes I fell It was in his words I was lost It was in his lies Perfect hell He knew I’d pay every cost It was in his smile he could fool me that in his … Continue reading →

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Take Me Back – for Prompt 31 Take Me Back

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Helen

He stood Bedraggled urchin on the doorstep He was a parcel left open in the rain A supplicant gazing into my unblinking eyes one more time ‘Take me back’ I’d envisaged this moment a thousand, thousand times But not like this … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Times – for Prompt 8 – The Boy In The Red Vest

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

      I have written this a thousand times Tried cursive calligraphy Complicated rhymes Called you cruel and irrational Then beauteous, sublime I’ve written this A thousand times I have given you a thousand names I’ve accepted all the … Continue reading →

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I Saw Him Watching Me Watching You

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Helen

I saw him watching me watching you All the elements came crashing through All the meanings of glances, it’s true So I don’t know what I should now do In his eyes were the words he might say In discussion … Continue reading →

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Unrequited

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Helen

I turn my face From yours Your lips capture Only my cheek So I am polite Not passionate And words of love I will not speak You turn your face To mine Your eyes implore My very soul But to … Continue reading →

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Endings – Five Sentence Fiction

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Helen

With thanks to Owlish Thoughts for the idea of the five sentence fiction form 🙂 The burden of love freely given but which I cannot return weighs so heavy on me, dragging me down further into my silence. I want … Continue reading →

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