Tag Archives: weariness

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 →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, belief, choice, dark, delusion, denial, doubt, ennui, hope, Life, loss, madness, memory, Musings, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth, weariness | 12 Comments

Exhaustion

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Helen

Mere exhaustion does not suffice To name this creeping malaise This sensory overload Flickering like fading starlight Centuries in the pitted deep Stricken ache along Elegant limbs, torn Between a moment Of movement and no momentum Gut wrenchingly sick To … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, exhaustion, Health, madness, Mental Health, Musings, Sensory overload, tiredness, weariness | 21 Comments

Early Morning Walk

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Helen

Weary eyes fight to stay open, defeat sleep Longest days Dark in the morning draws us out Streetlights shine Even at 6am step by step Remember comfort of your bed left behind Do not sleep even as you walk comatose … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, dark, dawn, Musings, walking, weariness | 17 Comments

Weariness

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Helen

A weariness engulfs me I am spent And yet the drive to find these words Will not relent Release me yet Within my bones An ache arises And like a serpent coiled within Prepares to strike With sudden ferocity Bidding … Continue reading →