Category Archives: Water

Deception

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Helen

Building belief On shifting sands Eyes that flicker Won’t meet your gaze You know this in your bones But still you want to dream Deception’s game entices Drawing you down A willing sacrifice Lamb to the slaughter led You’re helping … Continue reading →

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Message

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Helen

What message do you give me In this twilight world This forest deep wherein you roam And regenerate Shed your skin and breathe anew And slithering, quietly come in view And resting on my lap here awhile What do you … Continue reading →

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Shallows

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Helen

Let me swim only in shallow waters I am too old now And too inexpert To gather courage and descend To greater depths Let me wallow in the serenity That is ambition Finally beaten down and away And take simple … Continue reading →

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Spoken

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Helen

A love never spoken Just a flower that’s pressed Still fragrant years later All tear drops unshed And in this we have bled We have bled A step never taken Given over to fear Remembering joys never known From words … Continue reading →

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Once

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Helen

Once I felt my heart Murmur as the softness Of a slowly billowing summer breeze The sight of one Across a room who gazed A moment too long my way Found something stirred within I’d never thought this time Would … Continue reading →

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Deadwood

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Helen

Deadwood Floating downstream I heard we were redundant Our lives a pointless dream And all that we had planned Was nothing like it seemed Just deadwood Floating downstream Deadwood Bobbing as it flows Our reckless future Nothing we can know … Continue reading →

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Ephemeral

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Helen

Spinning Dervish dancer Seeping into water You’re the springtime’s Secret daughter Ephemeral Twirling Ballerina Quickly spinning flower You’re the sensation Of the hour Ephemeral Dancing Evolution Returning to your level Are you angel now Or devil? Ephemeral (c) Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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On My Own

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Helen

I live alone I’m on my own A sentinel To all I’ve known You cannot reach And cannot teach I’m flotsam lost Upon a beach A citadel Or none at all My kingdom rises Slowly falls I live alone I’m … Continue reading →

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After the Storm

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Helen

We will count the losses After the storm We will weep for fallen On turbulent seas We will hold those that grieve The ones that mourn And build our future By slow degrees We will pray for morning A coppery … Continue reading →

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Web

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Helen

These tears I’ve shed Are trapped within your spider’s web Like silver sparkling in light What hurts the most Can most delight This trap you laid Seemed too beguiling, unafraid I swept within your cold embrace The sweetest fruit Has … Continue reading →

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