Category Archives: Air

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

Sacrifice

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Helen

Centuries deep This sacrifice sleeps Beneath our hearts Words whispered Heads bowed Unaware We cannot know The pain that was felt The blood that flowed Stories still told Centuries old Where faith starts When we weep On our knees By … Continue reading →

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Metropolis

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Helen

This vast city shimmers Along the shoreline Mirroring icy glittering beauty Of a thousand lights So beautiful tonight I could almost believe In a heaven somewhere Far away And yet like this Metropolis But underneath the beauty Lurks the truths … Continue reading →

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Angel Beckons

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Helen

What angel beckons me this night By gentle, warming firelight? That I might follow Yes I might For such a wondrous sight The angels weeping I can hear This sound so pitiful and clear Could I give solace Hold them … Continue reading →

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Harbinger

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Helen

I see the harbinger of the days to come The signs are so clear And the taste of death So rancid on my tongue I have travelled too far And learned too much to deny The crow so dark Against … Continue reading →

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Photos – Memory Part One

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Helen

I’ve laid them out before me Little pieces of forgotten days So few were taken of me So I recall the others best Even as they were loved the best It’s all that there could be My bitterness has leeched … Continue reading →

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Poised to Fly

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Helen

Are you poised to fly? You’ve waited so long Patiently watching Stalking your prey Playing your games That so few can see Do you fly to oblivion Or sweet victory When you fly into history? Are you poised to swoop … Continue reading →

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To The City Of Dreams

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Helen

Roads may lead To the city of dreams Or the vista of nightmares And no-one can tell If the pathway is to heaven Or to hell All the glittering lights So pretty in the sky Tell you it’s beautiful But … Continue reading →

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Perfect Silence

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Helen

In perfect silence come and go The water following the flow The less you learn the more you know In perfect silence come and go In perfect balance, harmony Where three are one and one is three A single note, … Continue reading →

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A New Sunrise

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Helen

And have you yet found A new sunrise? Not requiring you to strive To fulfil impossibility But allowing you To simply be? What have you found? A new child cries At its first sunrise Unaware of where The roads may … Continue reading →

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Lost Seraphim

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Helen

Up in the stratosphere I see you dance Lost seraphim so little understood Lumbering silent though the aching sky Once heralded as gods of circumstance Offering pain or offering good Till they stopped believing by and by If you stray … Continue reading →

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