Innocent: Favorites

Jul 2020 Innocent

Comfort

Jul 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Comfort

I have promised myself,
Not to die,
In a car,
In a garage,
With the motor racing.

I have promised loved ones
No need to fear,
No echoes here,
The coast is clear,
Such lies are self effacing.

Death my only comfort zone,
A ridiculous time,
To be alone,
I long to leave,
The end is what we're chasing.

Fear of death is our only fear. There are no others and all other anxieties are sub categories to the fear of death. Ernest Becker et al. If you can mitigate your fear of death, denuclearize it, the word is you will be happier. Death is no big deal. Happens to all and yes while taking a life is the worst thing anyone can do, dying itself isn't. Death knows us all. Our only true common bond. It is where we are all going. The dead are at peace I believe. I am not suicidal. Just curious. Well if **** brain Trump gets reelected I might be. He is a very sick individual.

Jul 2020 Innocent

Marbles

Jul 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Marbles

It has rained for eleven hours.

Sometimes harder,
Sounds like a million woodpeckers,
Marbles dropped on a concrete floor,
The fear is hail.

Sometimes softer,
Mist and sunlight always make me
Imagine champagne.
The fear is indolence.

Something wonderful,
About a cloudy day and a long rain,
Water is a necessity.
In abundance, it calms us down.

Jul 2020 Innocent

Clear

Jul 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Clear

I sat down to posit beauty,
As the careful print and plan.
But my anger bubble-boiled,
And I could not give a ****.

Not one to gutter up and quit,
I watched the sun's red rise.
There is majesty and mystery,
In clouded clear blue skies.

But anger knows a patient name,
A shiftless, lazy sad,
Beauty bookmarked once again,
The world spins joker mad.

Jun 2020 Innocent

Dandelions

Jun 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Dandelions

In the sun's rise, the dandelions were yellowicious.
A Woodstock of bright and bold,
A city field of green and gold,
The **** churned butter bright and so ambitious.

But chemical crews with the Monday blues
Soon arrived well armed,
Urgent men much alarmed,
A holocaust of daisy soon ensued.

I sat wondering, bright petals fluttering,
As the poisonous spray,
Drifts all my way
Dawn's toxic breeze leaves me stuttering.

Why do we hate the dandelion so much. Yes property values in pretty suburban neighbourhoods but a bright colourful flower and we can even eat the greens. Interesting.

Jun 2020 Innocent

Buttons

Jun 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Buttons

When I kissed you,
With open eyes,
I was not expecting,
Such a pleasant surprise.

Soft lips, plump pout,
**** sounds when you breathe out,
Bodies press, ******* flatten,
Buttons yield, belts unfasten.

It isn't love,
Such a mystery tour,
But so divine,
Love's first lure.

New relationships can be so electric. Why is novelty so tempting. Also thank you for the likes... I posted by mistake before I finished so it was very kind of people to acknowledge. thank you

May 2020 Innocent

F

May 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

F

Forsaken means always abandoned,
Friendless means ghosted alone.
Forfeit means loss is pandemic,
Forlorn means nobodies home.

Fractured means sadly still broken,
Forgotten means no one will care,
Forever means death is a prisoner,
Fraught means life is a dare.

Playing with words is one of my favourite things to do. Sometimes I read the dictionary for fun. I think that makes me frivolous!

May 2020 Innocent

Only

May 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Only

There is no god,
You're all alone,
No sin, no saints,
No wrongs atoned.

An entropy,
Of time and motion,
But this Jesus stuff,
Is just a notion.

But it's ok
To think and wonder,
To gaze at stars,
Shimmy-shake with thunder.

One day we die,
Our one fear only,
Hope leads us all
To live less lonely.

There is nothing up there. Out there. But no god doesn't mean a useless, frivolous life... unless you choose that path of course. It means we are responsible to put meaning into our own lives. Be kind. Be calm. Be caring. That's it.

Apr 2020 Innocent

Stand

Apr 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Stand

To laugh is to love,
So start with a smile,
A memory, a friend,
The birth of a child.

Yes sadness and worry,
Death comes in a hurry,
But courage must stand,
And laughter commands

Laughter is the precursor to courage. What we can laugh at we do not fear as much. Shake off the gloom, the worry, the fear. Time for poets to write of bravery. But first laugh at death. Belittle it. Put it in its place. Then and only then will you discover a brave heart and a compassionate soul. Come for me death you *****, if you dare-- let's take a selfie together... hh

Mar 2020 Innocent

Quiet

Mar 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Quiet

The temptation of quiet collaboration,
Friends often talk to friends in whispers,
Enemies by word of mouth.

Who to trust.
The psychologically slippery,
Those who claim they understand... you.

Women pretend that love is real,
Men lie and lie and lie and lie.
Yes we are the tribe who killed off all the others.

Walk backwards through life,
Memory, it's borders found by joy
The past is a Pinocchio, dance madly, be the star.

Mar 2020 Innocent

Hour

Mar 2020 Innocent

Hank Helman

Hour

I know death will spare
This love I have for you,
And free its form forever,
To float and fill the hearts of others,
Who listen for its beat.

I love you. I miss you.
I ask strangers if they know you,
I talk to you out loud on the subway,
I stare into store windows,
Sometimes for an hour or more.

The only point of love, and I do love you,
Is to prove to others the possibility is there,
To imagine everything at once,
To love without words or contradiction,
I love you.
Is it enough?