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.

Refrain

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Helen

Many years ago We were drenched in snow In the forest deep All our secrets keep How we made our vow How it haunts us now Shall we meet again Sing the past’s refrain? There the words we spoke Wore … Continue reading →

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Delicate

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Helen

You are freshly born So delicate Beauteous imagery And so dear to me Like the breaking dawn How my heart is torn Can’t true placate Your sweet symmetry What the world will see What they’ll dream upon I am not … Continue reading →

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Lone Sentinel

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Helen

Lone Sentinel In this arid place Pondering our history Lone sentinel Take your rightful place In heart of mystery This tree of life Grows in dusty climes Roots seek nourishment Not forest lush No such sacred climes Give encouragement We stand … Continue reading →

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Safe keeping

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Helen

Give to me your scars and fears Rest them soft within my hands There is nothing you could do That I cannot understand Give to me your trials and pain A child waiting to be born Must be sheltered by … Continue reading →

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Moments – for Prompt 62 Mamihlapinatape

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Helen

Too precipitate the moments Wordless knowledge scattered here Like children’s toys left out In early summer’s rain Speak not to me Of half the truth Of courage yet Have greater proof While only these lost memories remain Too gentle is … Continue reading →

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Rocks

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Helen

I remember these rocks, do you? The water washed away the blood Across my mind such memories flood I cannot still contain their force And you just watch me And laugh, of course It never mattered Never mattered much to … Continue reading →

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Horizons

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Helen

I am flying Flying onwards to the new I am calling I am calling out to you The horizons Promise lovely scenery Won’t you follow Won’t you quickly follow me? I’m cascading Like pure water falling down Fear is fading … Continue reading →

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Skyfall

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Helen

The planets are too close Across horizons hang As glowing, ripened fruit They’ve sneaked up upon us As we slept Into our atmosphere They’ve crept Like children who were lost too long ago The planets hover now The vehicles of … Continue reading →

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Eating the Bitter – for Prompt 62 Chi Ku

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Helen

We are all children of a diseased god Random atoms, we are scattered like seeds in fallow but deceiving earth We plough life with death to birth life anew The fruit so sweet upon our tongue turns rancid in our … Continue reading →

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Remember to Forget

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Helen

So many years have quickly passed Each seven we begin anew Our cellular forms will not outlast The schism where our feelings grew Your face is but dim memory May well be changed now too, and yet I find I … Continue reading →

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