Category Archives: Air

Writing primarily expressing the element Air – thoughts, belief, theory, philosophy, satire and science.

Connected

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Helen

Across the city the electricity yearns to touch each trembling soul and I awake in the middle of the night to tremble, shake within my very core this deep earthquake of being known Our separateness we take for granted only … Continue reading →

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Castle

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Helen

I dreamt of a castle on a hill Too grand to be but even still I yearned to reached its heights until The dream was gone I searched the world entire yet No closer could I ever get I fell … Continue reading →

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Complexity

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Helen

Come explore with me he said A world of infinite complexity Stretch your hesitant mind To distant horizons and you’ll find Your reach can far outstrip Your prescribed and taught belief Those ones who held you back Just a begger, … Continue reading →

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Arising

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Helen

In tremulous moments Between sleep and wakefulness A voice shudders deep Within my wondering ears This is the year This is the year How long awaited This embrace of serpent form Wings battering cheeks Soft, gentle and warm So sublime … Continue reading →

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Let It In (for my father – in memory)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Helen

“There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, Anthem In this moment Precious chance Let it in Let it in Just a promise Warmest glance Let it in Let it in It’s … Continue reading →

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The Gathering

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Helen

Blessed is The gathering Anointing here A newborn king Butterflies free Angels weep and sing Blessed is The gathering Many decry What this may bring Fear and taunts Mud will sling But on fury Honour wings Blessed is The gathering … Continue reading →

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Summer Sea Memory

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Helen

Flickering like old movies On wartime movie screens Summer sea memory Greets me In a waking dream Part beautiful and part dread It’s nothing like it seems Summer sea memory Haunts me In a waking dream Pinned like butterflies shivering … Continue reading →

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Checkmate in Hell

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Helen

They put you in checkmate in hell The floor beneath your penitent feet Seems to smirk and whisper Too late, too late! You played your games Feeling immortal as only Foolish mortals might And when no fires greeted you For … Continue reading →

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The Mystery

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Helen

I could not capture the mystery It was too deeply etched on a face too hidden from full view Those days we often laughed and dreamt wild dreams that only youth would dare to dream And in those days I … Continue reading →

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Someday I Will Fly Away….

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Helen

Someday I will fly away Into unknown horizons The gentle breeze on my back A guiding, loving force I’ll see your face In moons of distant stars And search alien deserts For a trace of your smile Someday I will … Continue reading →

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