Tag Archives: acceptance

I Am To You

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Helen

I am to you oracle Friend of the future Telepath of mystery Forgotten hope I am to you sustenance In a desert Feast of attention Celebrating inner lack I am to you succour For endless hunger Your quiet, dignified desperation … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, choice, fortune, friendship, Oracle, Philosophy, Relationships, Spiritual, support, sustence, truth | 2 Comments

Damage

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Helen

I have a scar line A schism of sin For many years a tiny tear Hidden within Days pass, it ruptures Silent and sure All of this damage Floods to the floor I have a smile now Stretches my face … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, belief, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, Dreams, madness, memory, Musings, Philosophy, truth | 14 Comments

Aspiration

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

You cling to the ragged coat-tails of my indecisive elevation Flapping helpless, errant clothes on the line in the midst of a storm Or a leaf buoyant but aimless on the crest of a river’s wave You see in me … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, choice, confidence, delusion, denial, identity, Philosophy, Relationships, self-image, Spiritual, truth | 11 Comments

Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Helen

My lady our love is now The blackest rose And wherefore now these tidings Do I suppose Arose from bloodied rituals The ones I chose? Where once my love for you A flame, a joy apart A treasure of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, Anne Boleyn, belief, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, Henry VIII of England, history, lost love, madness, memory, truth, Tudor, tudor england | 6 Comments

After Life

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I felt the last Single beat Of my heart Like a bell Tolling deep In a ruined cathedral My body spent I arose Like a whisper To find Fallen leaves And yesterday’s echoes No shining light Beckoned me No depths … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, after life, Aspiration, belief, dark, death, denial, Dreams, God, gods, Musings, Philosophy, spirit, Spiritual | 15 Comments

Prompt 11- Literary Idols – Oscar Wilde

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! (from … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Ballad of Reading Gaol, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, Musings, Oscar, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, truth, Wilde, writing | 20 Comments

Time’s Drive

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Helen

Driving need to fill Up time; hours pass Quickly when unrelenting Wishes command All thought of rest Departs; a distant friend Half remembered Lazing on a beach Unaware of the sun’s Dreadful dominion Soaking up rays Forgetting minutes, hours, days … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, choice, dark, denial, leisure, Musings, Philosophy, time, truth | 6 Comments

Feather

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Helen

Abraxas and Maat Playing chess Determining the balance Of light and dark Life and death Growth and entropy Redemption has not strayed To this hall for eons now Supplicants to lesser gods Are shunned We witness here The threshold of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Abraxas, acceptance, alchemy, Aspiration, choice, dark, death, Feather, judgement, Maat, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth | Leave a comment

Wings of Angels

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Helen

On wings of angels Seraphim carry me Above the darkness Up from the deepest sea Angelic songs awake Souls now to hear the call Let me feel everything Let me embrace them all Bowed at the feet of The Mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, angelic, archangel, Aspiration, Dreams, Gabriel, Michael, Philosophy, Raphael, seraphim, Spiritual, truth, wings | 8 Comments

Faithful Friend

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Helen

I still dream of the little dog I had as a child Like her spirit has followed me Carefree and wild And she comes when I need her With her comfort so mild Oh what a faithful companion To have … Continue reading →