Author Archives: Helen

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About Helen

I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.

Three

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

Three times your name Three times the same Only difference Was the game First watched from afar Second casual and bizarre Third a foreign, twisted star Three times one heart Three ways apart Different endings Different start Three times your … Continue reading →

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Fortune’s soldier

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

I turn my back to the approaching storm I wrap my friends in clothes secure and warm And here I wait a still uncertain dawn The lightening forces me to gravely smile Move weary feet another step or mile While … Continue reading →

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Capital

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Helen

In this nation’s capital The streets are wide And empty Comfort, structure and design Happily meet To hide the desperation within. All is hierarchy and status And form Parliament the lone sentinel On the hill Surveying all below In this … Continue reading →

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Who?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Helen

Momentary thought Reflection in the mirror A stranger, not me In the world of dreams Do we wear our own faces Or other strange masks? Expressions I show Calibrate hidden feelings I will not betray Can we even know The … Continue reading →

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Telepaths

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Helen

Gestalt mind Possibility Of the hive Patterned thought Take the next great leap Future bound Telepath All the circuitry So alive Three as one Here new trinity Can be found. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Tree of Knowledge

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Helen

The serpent speaks Of knowledge Twined around this Tree Temptation here To simply know The heart of mystery And is this wisdom Given here To somehow set us free? Once innocence is lost Tis gone forever You cannot wish away … Continue reading →

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To…?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

I ache Within Stricken with a hunger I cannot name On the tip of my tongue It tantalizes A memory of the lost Do you haunt me still? You seemed so gone I blessed the relief Found an ordinary life … Continue reading →

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Confusion or Curiosity

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

Feeling confused Conflicted This maze Is a labyrinth Hiding a minotaur Would Ariadne’s thread Lead me through? So unsure Of where I should land Loyalties are complex No truth is clear I don’t even know If I represent light Or … Continue reading →

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Audition

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Terrifying darkened room Counterpointed by This dazzling stage Shadowed figures Seemingly faceless Await in a row Nerves are electricity Susseration under your skin How is it that Your throat is so dry? All your offerings Seeming to slip through your … Continue reading →

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Vlad – The Original Vampire

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Classic story told Ancient warrior turned god of the darkest kind Blood now is the life Pain etched on the palest face driven by this thirst Perfect allegory perhaps, of a need profound, banishing all light Once proud man of … Continue reading →

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