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Helen Jul 2015
To truly know the fire,
one must taste the ashes.

To truly feel the burn
one must know the flame

To truly burn with fire
casts off the brightest light.

and in the ashes lay
the taste of another day
This was a "call and response" dash-off on one of my poems, "Unrestrained".  Check out the comment section; you can see how it came together.
Helen Jul 2015
when you speak
a tiny little spark
erupts into flame
a mute scream is not seen
and pain is not plain, but
words are an aphrodisiac
to a weakened state of mind
little tiny bubbles of pleasure
fizzing in sizzling veins
leaving all the troubles behind
talk like there is no tomorrow
you must say all that you think
chatter non stop
and the world will pop
like little thought bubbles
floating on a raging stream
cry like your heart is dying
as it sits in the hand of a lover
beating it's last
for it stood fast
before it knew it was over
scream like it hurts,
like it lusts
like it will never be the same
scream like pleasure finally
became pain, then scream once again
when you once again
become sane, if it still hurts
scream until your insane

*do it all, even if it hurts
do not dispute
never, ever become mute
dedicated to the most magical Joel Frye, he encourages me, enriches me, believes in me but, most importantly, *sees* me :)
Helen Jul 2015
I loved with grand passion
and lost with grander shame

Only those that burn with me
will know such pain
Helen Jul 2015
for your words excite me
beyond mere imagery
I'm ****** thrown
into a universe
that drowns me
in soliloquies,
sonnets and haikus
10 words painting
thousands of pictures
and a very personal view
of a free verse
where words flow a waterfall
tumbling against rocks
smoothing a path
that cuts like razors
but smells like rain
on cut grass
that silently lays
in the cavern deep
a well of pain
a gentle river feeding
dry hopes and gifting
life to those that repeatedly
suffer the excess
of one who seems insane
but sits beneath the winter tree
devoid of capture of the suns rays
and the gentle mist of tears
that fall through barren branches
tickling the cheek of agelessness
counting on a single hand
the many years
it took to get here
never going to give it up :)
Helen Jul 2015
in closed spaces, broken faces
whisper incredible lies,
beneath their sighs
a moments regret, seems to forget
impetuousness denied
lives for the ride!
a heart demands trembling hands
to hold it strong and for so long
it sits quietly and tirelessly
watching the world spin
from within
a cage of fingers where it lingers
to be choked, or smoked
crushed between
envy and ecstasy
trending in debauchery
the empathy of morality
ends in incredulity

Not one to inspire
a raging fire
here they lie

*When did they die?
#death #unknown #forgotten #nameless
Helen Jul 2015
all I ever wanted was to sit down with you, have a drink or two and time to tell you I'll be alright

When you see that star, shining so bright, know it's me, telling you, tonight,

I'm alright now
It's time to let go

In the stars, there are no scars
Just me, shining bright
like I was ever meant to
Helen Jun 2015
is it everything
you'd thought it be?
Happy 21st my baby boy
forgive me...
as I lay in bed
Remembering
that 21 years ago
I became a Mother
for the first time
you know
and I was as confused
as you were back then
until your tiny little hand
held my clumsy fingers
that feeling...
it still lingers

But where are you now?
Where have you been?

I've been in Hell it seems,
I lay awake every night
I wait for the fright
of hearing your voice
I dream of the moment
I get that choice

Happy 21st Birthday
to my precious,
most coveted
First born Son

Happy Birthday my darling
though you hate me desperately
I say Happy 21st Bithday


It appears you may have made it
*without your Mum...
It's still a week away yet 5/7/2015... I can't even.... So I'm going on hiatus tonight... Might spend a week thinking I could have done something right...
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