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Light in the Dark

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Helen

Just a little light In the deepest dark Just a little hope The merest spark It could be a ghost Shining in the hall It could be the end The end of it all It could be an angel Weeping … Continue reading →

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Battery Hens

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Helen

Back in the day I felt sorry for battery hens. Didn’t we all? Caged up, cooped up, there only to live then die then feed others. Feed us? Barely able to move, stuck in the seeming eternity of waiting until … Continue reading →

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Crow

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Helen

Tell us all you know Sacred crow We have brought you blood Understood All that is required In the fire Tell us what you know Sacred crow Darkness is an art In our hearts Power for the true Comes through … Continue reading →

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Priestesses

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Helen

The priestesses haunt my dreams. they always have, even when I was a child. I do not know when I first saw them, when my parents first took me to a ritual, it is too long ago to recall. I … Continue reading →

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Portal

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Helen

Mommy disappeared into the portal on Saturday. Daddy said he thought she didn’t mean too, but she did anyway. Mommy often did things she didn’t really mean to, it was one of her things. One of Daddy ‘s things was … Continue reading →

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My Story

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Helen

Everyone has a story so they say And this may be as it is But be that as it may It does not follow here That any need agree Another’s point of view Means anything to me Or that I … Continue reading →

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Identity

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Helen

I’ve heard that in ancient times identity counted for something. Drones in the hive sometimes speak of it, the concept of individual thought or action, not aligned to the collective goal. It sounds a quaint concept at times, like an … Continue reading →

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Eye

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Helen

What do I spy With my little eye? The food on my table The day that you die What do I see Running from me? A sheer delicacy Waiting to flee Reptilian cold I am so old Your fortune told … Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Notice

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Helen

We didn’t notice When things got real We’d forgotten truth Or how to feel Just watching movies on An endless reel I heard them laugh Though little knew It wasn’t a movie They came leaking through And by that time … Continue reading →

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Magic

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Helen

Do you believe in magic? My mother did. I think she practised it. She never admitted as such, but I knew about her books. She kept them with candles and incense and other things I didn’t recognise – and probably … Continue reading →

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