Tag Archives: fear

Man In Shadows

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Helen

Man in shadows in the rain Face is hidden from your sight You might wish he would remain Or on seeing him take flight He’s like death And on his breath A promise sparkles bright In the rain such shadows … Continue reading →

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Ghost in Chains

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Helen

ImageCredit: kawephoto/Shutterstock.com Here I remain Here I reside Your ghost in chains Latched to your side Your victim still My rosy breath A bloodless kill Your perfect death As once in life I suffered pain Your dutiful wife In death … Continue reading →

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The Shrink

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Helen

“What do you see?” I asked the shrink, just like he’d ask me with all those damned Rorschach tests in his cold clinic rooms. I held up my art, my handiwork. The creativity of it thrills me just to think … Continue reading →

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Emergence

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Helen

Out of smoke and fire they came. At first just as strange and unthreatening as seeing a face in the clouds, the creatures born of smoke and fire came. Friendly at first, their faces smiling, their words sweet, the terrible … Continue reading →

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Play With Me

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Helen

Come play with me the young girls say The night is young, come play, come play! We’ll travel oh so far away Till night everlasting vanquishes day Come dance with us upon the lawn Don’t be so timid, so lost, … Continue reading →

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They Come Back

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Helen

If they come back They cannot be denied You be the bridegroom She’ll be the bride You make your vows They’ll never go Tell you such things You’d never know If they come back They take you in their arms … Continue reading →

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The Happiest Tree

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Helen

They call it the Happiest Tree. They say on some nights, around twilight, before the sun has completely dipped below the horizon, it glows there, up on the hill, and seems to smile down at you. I always thought that … Continue reading →

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You

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Helen

I see you Do you see me too? What do you think We’re going to do? Don’t you run Don’t you try to hide All these secrets I’m holding inside Walked for days Right to your door What do you … Continue reading →

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Never Come and Go

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Helen

Those who come Within these woods Hear the drum That no-one could Escape or run To hide away For those who come Will always stay Within the walls This house alone For all its sins Cannot atone Those who come … Continue reading →

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The Nuns of Saint Claire

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Helen

Beware they said The nuns of Saint Clare Don’t go there they said Never go there For they’ll eat you alive It’s how they survive The terrible nuns of Saint Claire None spared they said The nuns of Saint Claire … Continue reading →

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