Category Archives: Air

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

Melody

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

The melody Flows over me In waves Reminding me Of afternoons Long passed Where laughter called To moments in A kiss And lyrics sung Told stories from A dream The melody Remembers me Long gone It brings to mind A … Continue reading →

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Gossip

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

Gossip runs like wildfire whispered from one to one explodes across the horizon till truth is lost beneath a web of lies and all objectivity gone The meme is alive now Its birth owed to gossip (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

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People Like Us

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

People like us should be quarantined from society People like them never realise what they have seen People like us play our dark little games like puppeteers People like them don’t understand they live in a dream People like us … Continue reading →

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Fringes

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Helen

I live on the fringes I hide in the dark My home is in alleyways or deep in the park I breathe contradiction The web of my words are born for confusion I am the absurd I’ll never be like … Continue reading →

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The White Palace

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Helen

“Delirium is good for you” Said the master of the halls It takes you further, further in It mixes terror now with sin It shows the novice how to begin With summer nights and lace In the White Palace The … Continue reading →

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Jekyll

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

I am the Jekyll to your Hyde I am the muse that stirs your pen I am the question deep inside You are the now, I am the then I am the kindness, you are the cruel I am the … Continue reading →

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Luminescence

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

They call you mystery Arching from the void Of limitless possibility A face beyond time Conscious thought or design Your call an ancient melody In abstract tongue Such light falls across the sky Luminescence from your eye They call you … Continue reading →

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So Many

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Helen

So many years since I thought of a man’s gaze as the gaze of a man So many games missed, not seeing that the maze was part of the plan How many glances now have I passed by which should … Continue reading →

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Full Circle

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Helen

My friend, your words are still calling cards You still repeat the themes you should not know, should not have heard, reverberating your view had you been invited to the conversation So many years since their staccato, strange momentum was … Continue reading →

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Pitiless

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Helen

Pitiless As Vlad Tepe’s eyes Gazing at the carnage Of his artistry You rise Remorseless as he You remain Against all the cries wrung out From this Symphony of pain Bloodless lips Like his icy kiss Draw back Startling with … Continue reading →

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