Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Once

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Helen

So long ago It seems another lifetime Another girl Not me But even so My heart knew something deep How to take flight Be free But only once I felt this deeply Like some wonder To behold So long ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged age, belief, freedom, heart, lost love, Love, old, regret, youth'young | 2 Comments

Frozen

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Helen

Frozen moment I saw your face blistering the sky with your perfect smile Before you turned and disappeared Within this street of strangers not a trace of you who for one moment I loved then lost (c) Helen Valentina 2015, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged Beauty, city streets, face, forever, Frozen, lost, lost love, Love, moment, momentary, strangers | 3 Comments

Requiem

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Helen

Sweet eyelids shut Weep no more Breathe your last No moment more Softly raise now On angel’s wing Hear the very Heavens sing Light your passage Find your way Be where only True hearts stray Sleep so soft In Heaven’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged angels, death, departed, heaven, peace, requiem, soul | Leave a comment

Desire

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Helen

White wolf waiting Dragons fire I am only my desire Serpent writhing See it bleed Feeling only what I need Black heart racing Devil’s pearl All our flags are here unfurled White wolf waiting Dragons fire I am only my … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged desire, dragon, fire, Love, lust, need, white wolf, wolf | Leave a comment

Rain

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Helen

Gentle rain fall On lashes of open eyes Softly caressing Every sight Gentle rain touch A sun-drenched skin Droplets are crystals Perfect and bright Gentle raindrops Life force unleashed Clouds slowly rolling Most precious of light (c) Helen Valentina 2015, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged beautiful, bright, clean, fresh, gentle, joy, Life, life force, light, rain, raindrops | Leave a comment

Damaged

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Helen

Deep inside you are somehow damaged like a building which finds foundations rotting slowly at the core Your soul is a whirling dervish yet bereft of spiritual solace or a purpose just a wild and feckless thing In your bloodline … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Bereft, damaged, darkness, evil, gods, hopeless, lost, psycho, Spiritual | Leave a comment

Conviction

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Helen

Judge and jury here preside Truth and justice stand beside See the verdict reached with pride Wisdom deep and dark and wide Call him guilty to his face All your fears and doubts replace Of this journey leave no trace … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged conviction, death, doubt, evidence, guilt, innocence, judgment, jury, justice | Leave a comment

Water

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Helen

You came to the water To look deep within The endless dark water To seek and to swim You dove in the rapids To ferry you forth In thrall to the tidelines Of limitless worth You came to the water … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged angels, beginnings, birth, dark, destiny, Life, lifeforce, light, limitless, tides, time, Water | Leave a comment

Following

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Helen

Following the crooked road you yet mis-stepped you fell into this other world A ragged, wretched, silent girl you fell Following the signs in language you can’t read you’re lost within this reverie You cannot know what to believe you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, Dreams, hallucinations, home, hope, light, lost, passageway, rabbit, searching, sprites | Leave a comment

Deliver Us

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Helen

This I pray Deliver us now From such pain This I plead Your grace to bestow At our need At your feet Prostrate we will fall For such grace This I pray Deliver us now To your heart (c) Helen … Continue reading →