Category Archives: Water

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

Lost Love

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Helen

A dream of you An embrace An earnest, long kiss Chaste, pressed against my cheek Suggestive of more Brings memories Of what might have been And echoes Of my greatest loss (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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My Angel

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Helen

You are with me Now I feel and know this All the signs The synchronicity Your name, so unusual Spoken and written So many times Over these past days From the depths of your ocean You rise At these moments … Continue reading →

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Traditional

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Helen

In matters of the heart I am not traditional Everything has a kind of quirk I’m not perverse but it’s still relative In my occupation I’m more conservative This veering from the norm does not arise from choice An inner … Continue reading →

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Reflection

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Helen

When I reflect on all the possibilities of love across my life it is the words unspoken chances not taken that epitomise my response Was this fear of rejection or the unknown? Or beneath this something more? Given I who … Continue reading →

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Unloved

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Helen

Had I never tasted chocolate would I miss it? I have not known love, not really, so do not care Its particular sweetness, of which I have so often read or heard, is a taste foreign to my experience And … Continue reading →

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I Did Not Know

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Helen

I did not know love Until this moment I am not sure I know it now Is it the sweetness Of a stolen kiss Or the kindness etched Upon your brow? Is it the hollow feeling In the pit of … Continue reading →

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One Perfect Night

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Helen

One perfect so unusual night Like a song once adored heard by chance on the radio A memory Full of promise never realised yet still shining in my mind A reflection of a different life and different choices made somewhere … Continue reading →

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To…?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

I ache Within Stricken with a hunger I cannot name On the tip of my tongue It tantalizes A memory of the lost Do you haunt me still? You seemed so gone I blessed the relief Found an ordinary life … Continue reading →

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Inner Warrior Sunset

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Helen

Enduring now the setting of her sun She feels this in her bones, embracing age The warrior accepts her race is run Although so many dreams have just begun She sees her story told on history’s page Enduring now the setting … Continue reading →

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Unity

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Helen

Take my hand Lead me to your heart Let me rest Take my heart Let me lead you there If you’ll come Take this life Simple offering But profound If we join Greater than the parts Is the sum © … Continue reading →

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