Category Archives: Water

Writing primarily expressing the element Water – emotions, love, sorrow, grief, joy, connection.

Would

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Helen

I would have your sighs For just one moment Gaze into your eyes If only for this To turn and walk away And shake my head and say ‘I’m sorry that it had to end this way’ I would have … Continue reading →

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Softly

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen

Softly falling rain Against the window pane Undulates a rhythm Sings a sad refrain Gently falling snow As above, below Crystalline and bright Icy inner glow Deftly written line Ode to the Divine Only of the best Aging, vintage wine … Continue reading →

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Solace

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen

Where find such solace When inevitable decay Spreads its diseased tendrils Across each and every pathway? Once friends and now so other Though I tried To still the tide You are yourself Can be no other Can be no other … Continue reading →

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Dragon Song

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Helen

I hear the softest melody Above my bed head canopy Its lyrics will encompass me And from its call I’m never free I heard it when I was a child The call of hunger and the wild And you may … Continue reading →

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Sadness

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Helen

I am a sadness without name Tears are unshed from blue grey eyes I am a candle without a flame Dull recognition without surprise Disconsolate dreaming without an aim Where is the sky for this bird to arise? Where is … Continue reading →

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Tarnished -for Prompt 23 – Anais Nin Quotes

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Helen

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” Anais … Continue reading →

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Heart Shaped

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Helen

She wore a heart-shaped ring On her middle finger In dusty coffee shops She would dream and linger She was just a song Sung by another singer Wearing her heart-shaped ring On her middle finger She had a heart-shaped sign … Continue reading →

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Whenever I Love

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Helen

He said that the walnuts Looked like a brain Defiant, built sand castles Out in the rain Divined all the mysteries I couldn’t explain But unlike that last winter He won’t come again He seemed like a man But was … Continue reading →

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Not You

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Helen

The doorbell rang My heart it sang But it wasn’t you The telephone call Was a rise, then fall It wasn’t you The letter I read Was another’s instead And not from you And the email received Gave me no … Continue reading →

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Foghorn

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Helen

The foghorn blows Across the bay A mournful song Reverberates Across shining water Skipping like a stone It seems to tell Its story through its tone Of days spent lonely Lost to love A melody in minor key A single … Continue reading →

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