Category Archives: Water

Vale Robin Williams

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Helen

They say what we see Of shining stars Is distant death Like light you fell The saddest news We draw our breath From pain is fashioned The purest silk Soliloquy You made them laugh You danced for all The world … Continue reading →

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Crack for Prompt 66 The Music of Leonard Cohen

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Helen

“There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in” – Leonard Cohen, Anthem Little mother barren breast Weep Madonna suffering’s best In your grief your soul is blessed Your soul is blessed Hopeful dreamer furrowed … Continue reading →

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Pure

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Helen

Half starved lying supine gazing at the iridescent sky May I partake of nature’s cure? Give me succour Make it pure make it pure You said we were just fiddlesticks left out in mid winter rain Each part of a … Continue reading →

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Refrain

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Helen

Many years ago We were drenched in snow In the forest deep All our secrets keep How we made our vow How it haunts us now Shall we meet again Sing the past’s refrain? There the words we spoke Wore … Continue reading →

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Delicate

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Helen

You are freshly born So delicate Beauteous imagery And so dear to me Like the breaking dawn How my heart is torn Can’t true placate Your sweet symmetry What the world will see What they’ll dream upon I am not … Continue reading →

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Safe keeping

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Helen

Give to me your scars and fears Rest them soft within my hands There is nothing you could do That I cannot understand Give to me your trials and pain A child waiting to be born Must be sheltered by … Continue reading →

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Moments – for Prompt 62 Mamihlapinatape

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Helen

Too precipitate the moments Wordless knowledge scattered here Like children’s toys left out In early summer’s rain Speak not to me Of half the truth Of courage yet Have greater proof While only these lost memories remain Too gentle is … Continue reading →

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Remember to Forget

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Helen

So many years have quickly passed Each seven we begin anew Our cellular forms will not outlast The schism where our feelings grew Your face is but dim memory May well be changed now too, and yet I find I … Continue reading →

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Frozen

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Helen

Air of crystal A thousand years waiting Peaceful, still The earth is breathing slow Beneath the ice and water Waiting to be born On such a perfect morn Frozen like perfection A god’s painting Which he cannot dispossess Held like … Continue reading →

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The One

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Helen

I wasn’t The One In the end it wasn’t me You took into your heart To hold you tenderly It wasn’t me And when she calls your name It isn’t with my voice It just can’t be the same There’s … Continue reading →

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