Category Archives: Poetry

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Life passage

Glimpses of our mortality come too often these days Aching joints and muscles betray the youth we still feel sheltered here inside It is sobering this knowledge of the inevitability of decay All these little ambitions at our feet amount … Continue reading

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Storm clouds

Storm clouds overhead promise rain in tempest Food for a parched ground Death to new life bursting forth Moments too soon The nourisher and the ghoul Raging wind and electricity Surging through roiling mist Covering an aching sky Watching from … Continue reading

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Prophecy

Between the choices Lies a fault line Of probability Nature tends In downward spirals Into entropy Yet new life Can struggle through So valiantly In the darkness Are the cracks Where light is found Glowing weak But building strong Touching … Continue reading

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Moon

You watch over me And my memories As I sleep you caress The very sky And slither within The air I breathe To bring me succour And delight You hover above Shedding your light Paving my way Through shadows too … Continue reading

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Eagle At Night

The eagle flies at night Alone among the stars He soars The coverage of the dark His ancient instinct knows And follows like a light The eagle swims in dark A message held so deep Within A herald before dawn … Continue reading

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Meteorite

You crashed into me Like a meteorite Destroying my world Your impact was like A thunderous force A deathly design The scars that you left Are deep in my bone A tempest unfurled A crater, a gulf The death of … Continue reading

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A Wish For You

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

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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The Coming

She is coming Born of ravens Psychopomp descending To the terrain Breath is icy Eyes are fire Bleak and lost Are her domain Ancient creature Youthful beauty Brings despair And scarring flame Few will know her Few can view her … Continue reading

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Phantom

  Phantom call A lonely phone Upon the wall Ring once and twice A stranger’s sad And lost device Just a ghost Electric calling Down the line Phantom call A lonely phone Upon the wall (c) Helen Valentina 2015, All … Continue reading

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