Category Archives: Earth

Writing primarily expressing the element Earth – the physical, earthy, sensual, appetite, money.

Budding

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Helen

New life budding So perfect Yet to be formed Full of promise On a beautiful morning Waiting to be born New day dawning Sunshine lights The path ahead And of the past We leave behind So little said Just like … Continue reading →

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Your Place

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Helen

This is your place This darkness suits you As you wear the cloak Of invisibility Your tortured dreams Have harmony within These ancient walls And if I ever came to call You’d draw me in And draw me down Into … Continue reading →

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Black and White

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Helen

Symbolic duality Black and white Balanced held Temporarily What feet may walk Across this chequered floor And what for? Perfect design Each component Like the last In perpetuity What ritual done On a blood washed floor And what for? Between … Continue reading →

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Journey

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Helen

Let us take a journey you and I Let us wander down the roads Where others dare not go Let us make a pact And travel to the sky You and I Down golden paths we’ll travel you and me … Continue reading →

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Knowledge

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Helen

Speaking in tongues Through conduits ancient and divine Spirits reach this hemisphere And claw to find their way within Out of the blackened pit of night Wherein they must reside Beware the bite of delicacy They offer riches, treasures pure … Continue reading →

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Dream

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Helen

The dream came again This galactic tsunami Crashing upon my shore I tossed in my fear Sweating inside this World cataclysm Going ungently before No more the horsemen Pale death a rider Pointing to something unseen Tidal wave coming Nothing … Continue reading →

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A Wish For You

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Helen

I wish for you The softest summer light Dancing as a butterfly Upon the perfect flowers And even in life’s showers The gentlest of rain I wish for you Innocence unencumbered By life’s too bitter days Instead a golden path … Continue reading →

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From The Light

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Helen

Into this world we stumble From the light Eyes adjusting To the darker hues Of humanity Become accustomed To the heavy weight Of flesh and bone Fragments escaping Yearning for a Far too quickly Forgotten home Like a child we … Continue reading →

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Rest Tonight

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Helen

I shall sleep under stars Which know not my name Wrapped in a cloak of a stranger Brief friend on ill trodden paths I will drink of cool waters Before resting my head On the grass by the foot Of … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Helen

Walking alone So far from home Paths littered with debris Dank mangrove waters Clutching your courage Watching the pathway What have you known? Walking alone Walking alone Birds above winging Trees leaves are rustling Quiet in waves Hoping you’re brave … Continue reading →

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