Category Archives: Water

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

The Alien’s Reverie

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Helen

So long ago, a millennium or more in your time, we evolved. We rose out of the whirlpool of our world to achieve what your Buddhists call the release from attachment. Perfect detachment. Our physical form relaxed and withdrew to … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Prose, Water | Tagged alien, aliens, emotion, evolution, feeling, imagined sorrow, loss, physical, regret, Spiritual | 5 Comments

Schadenfreude

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Helen

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged bullying, competition, schadenfreude, weakness | Leave a comment

The Breath

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Helen

A breath against my cheek on waking alone Was that your ghost? Yet how could it be that one who lives reaches across the ether to touch with nothingness? Were you a dream in that moment, striving for more, reaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged ghost, lost love, memory, Spiritual | Leave a comment

Are you a Raven?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Helen

Spreadeagled on the altar I wait ‘Are you a Raven?’ she asked I do not know, I do not know And does it matter? ‘It might’ she replied A Psychopomp Weaving its way to the underneath Coiled within waiting for … Continue reading →