Category Archives: Fire

Writing primarily expressing the element Fire – action, ego, creativity, passion, lust, activity.

The Lie

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Helen

You turn your head Your blood-red eyes to me And speak Your tone is low You almost glow it seems Yet weak Your time to come A different drum I see We stray I feel the fear It’s creeping near … Continue reading →

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Risen

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Helen

Blackened eagle Wings through putrid sky Storms brewing Hunger and terror Blind sisters they weave Darker thread Demon regal Hooded piercing eye Wolf pursuing Spiritual error Forsaken hearts cleave To the dead (c) Helen Valentina 2014, All Rights Reserved

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Curious Cat – for Prompt 51 – Complete Bafflement

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Helen

I found a cat upon a tree Who grinned and grinned quite viciously This cat could speak – so very strange! All preconceptions re-arranged He smiled and simply asked me ‘Who?’ As owls may speak, but seldom do He waited … Continue reading →

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Star Struck

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Helen

I’m strung out on the atmosphere tonight I’m wallowing in the luminescence Twirling through sheer starlight The breeze on the air is humming A tone I knew so long go And I’m dimly aware I’m falling Where the brave dare … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Helen

Not a hair out of place It’s been so long since we last met in parties brittle with laughter and with escapades we won’t forget Age has been kind to you or you’re clever Picture perfect you still seem While … Continue reading →

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Live Through This – for Prompt 50 Grim Determination

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

Live through this Life under your microscope Dull tones ringing silence A sigh of lost regret I try then to forget Each day I awoke to just sunlight Set to expose Live through this The madness of the drama queen’s … Continue reading →

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Draw Card

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Helen

Give me the draw card Give me some time I’ll bring the people You bring the crime Give me the headline Give me a star They’ll come to see this Travel afar Give me a tagline Zeitgeist is fed They … Continue reading →

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Cats

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Helen

The cats know There are places They will not go It’s feline grace To so completely Know their space The cats sense All the losses and The expense If you call upon Their sweetest care They are long gone The … Continue reading →

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Vanquished – For Prompt 46 – Bitter Loathing

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Helen

They say true hatred’s born of love But here no finer feelings bled within such arid desert where no tears for water can be shed We stumbled on such paradox A deeper schism found instead When once I called you … Continue reading →

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Pray – for Prompt 45 Festering Jealousy

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Helen

  Your words are taken While mine forsaken Your lilting voice Removes all choice Your gracious heart Tears mine apart Your spirit freed I crack and bleed For you the smile The warmth and style For me but earth A … Continue reading →

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