Category Archives: Water

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

Drink To Me

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Helen

Drink to me As though you care Drink to me To show you’re there Though I know It isn’t true Drink to me I’ll drink to you Drink for what We might have been Drink for all The days unseen … Continue reading →

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Death’s Lament

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Helen

What song will you sing In this moment Of dark remembering? What words will you say As the world we knew Passes away? What eulogy you write As shadows Encompass this night? And what flavour your sigh While in lost … Continue reading →

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Wine

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Helen

This wine has aged too much Gone past its prime The redness of its hue Is soaked with time This wine has soured its taste Its time has passed The toast that it may seek Is fading fast This wine … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

The water runs cold Like your blood Reptilian eyes Raise their wary hoods The surf that breaks Upon a distant shore Recalls your form In some strange place before Remembering well The day you turned to me Ensnared my gaze And … Continue reading →

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Water Over Rocks, the Quiet Victory

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

Like water over rocks The change will happen Will take hold There is no Victory march No grand celebration To behold And while The path’s forgotten Yet the story can be told And be remembered If not precisely Still with … Continue reading →

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Your Month

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Helen

This is your month my dear In May how strange it is The memories are so clear Even now I find In this oh so distant year It seems you still are here Perhaps it’s just That this is your … Continue reading →

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My Love

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Helen

My love is a strange love Not of this world Said a strange young girl My love is a deep well Bottomless fall Taking my all My love is a lost hope Reaching for souls Cannot be whole My love … Continue reading →

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Profile

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Helen

A profile of you Pensive, by the door Reflecting times past When we twirled upon A rose-bled dance floor Slope of nose Slightly raised chin In this silhouette All memoirs of love Will end as they begin Your voice is … Continue reading →

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Regret

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Helen

I regret most the moments of indecision Relinquishment to fear Words unspoken Deeds undone Though their mere utterance or action may have torn the world asunder Instead now in this slumber of nothingness I regret I regret more the glance … Continue reading →

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Glove

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Helen

I am wrapped in your warmth I burn within your smile In your eyes such regard Let me rest here awhile I have travelled so far To be docked at your shore To find simplicity’s jewels And such paths to … Continue reading →

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