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Helios Rietberg Oct 2014
"Hello, police."

"Good morning, officer.
My name is Ashley Williams.


I am in the woods, at the end of Autumn Street.



I will be hanging myself.

Please come and get my body.




Thank you for your time."
© Helios Rietberg, October 2014
Helios Rietberg Sep 2014
Many years ago I tried
to leave time behind

in its hunt for the journey's end
we had forgotten the afterglows

and so we parted ways, leaving
trails of colliding sparks

only–––––––––––




–––––––––––it was I
who was left behind

When time gave up on lost causes
the wish for forever sinned.
© Helios Rietberg, September 2014
Helios Rietberg Aug 2014
I feel

                                                             sad


                                                                                    ––––––––––––––––

     but


                                 who




                                                      would know


                                                                                                                      why?
© Helios Rietberg, August 2014
Helios Rietberg Jul 2013
We wrapped the skins of the comet trails
left far behind the sun
and fought the darkly-moistened halls
of yester-kingdoms
wandering in the spices of life
silently wishing for sound

but tomorrows––––––
are forever

and so I left you
in your eternity
with your brightest stars
© Helios Rietberg, July 2013
Helios Rietberg May 2013
Yellow river
of my dreams––––––

Blue mountain
and the sea––––––

––––––crystal waters
greener grass––––––

Whistling wind
morning breeze––––––

Mama's whispers
Papa's stories
Brother's tears––––––
––––––sister's touch

Yellow river
of my dreams––––––

Blue mountain
and the sea––––––

Morning bells––––––
––––––calling home

Silent moon––––––
distant past

Day
       and
              night

Fire––––––light

Day
       and
              night

Fire––––––
––––––light
© Helios Rietberg, May 2013
Helios Rietberg Mar 2013
Bits and pieces of the ether dawn
taken from slumber to bliss
careening down the slopes of the ocean
and wander into the mist
awash with spices of the world
caressing the heart of the day
sleeping in cotton folds of light
and sparkling the scents of May
simmering the songs of the ancients
and crossing the borders of stars
mirroring the flight of the chosen
by healing the seams of scars
splice of the whispered wind
whipping the mortal life
chiming resonance–––––––hello?
–––––––but memory–––––––
of special times
© Helios Rietberg, March 2013
Helios Rietberg Feb 2013
And players of the southern morning
come running down the aisles
clasping their hearts to their cores and singing
the larks and crests of love

and before the jangles of the prayer
spears of christened light
the memories of flowing breezes
and chords of shattered whispers

in pieces but like one
they wrap the boughs of justice
claiming in the echoes
time by time in glee

but movements of the ether morn'
slices of sparkling warmth
craving in the senses of bliss
and spilling through the dawn

and to the trace we take the word
climbing and sliding the essence by
alpine cloaks of universal stars
silence to the known

so now we lay in the roses of colour
spending eternity like forever infinite
grasping the notions of instance in spurts
and watching the worlds for centuries
© Helios Rietberg, February 2013
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