Tag Archives: acceptance

Three Fates

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Helen

Three Fates decide While we abide Both growth and pride Then lesser tides Three Fates bestow On those below A chance to grow Once quick, once slow Three Fates decree What we may be And how we’ll see Eternity Three … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, alchemy, choice, denial, destiny, fate, Fates, Philosophy, Spiritual, truth | 16 Comments

Honour and Sacrifice – for ANZAC Day

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Helen

I’m re-posting this – one of my earliest poems on this blog, at the suggestion of my friend Ann. This poem is about and for my Uncle Gavin who marched in the ANZAC Day marches while he was still alive. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, ANZAC, ANZAC Day, bravery, courage, honor, honour, memory, pain, sacrifice, truth, war | 14 Comments

Free

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Helen

I saw you the other day after so long a time Your mouth was grim Perpetual sadness in its finely etched line Your eyes still mad A lost soul seeking something that’s forever lost As you gazed on your creations … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Arts, choice, creativity, dark, denial, longing, lost love, Relationships, Spiritual | 23 Comments

Moth

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Helen

Maybe one day We will meet In another time, another life Be not friend, nor even lover Be not husband nor wife Maybe co-workers In a company Or fellow followers of the cloth I wouldn’t need to be This awful … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, choice, dark, denial, flame, Moth, Musings, Relationships, Spiritual | 19 Comments

The Rose

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Helen

In the dream At a party We were friends Not foes An alternate Reality To the one We chose And thinking On this twist Do you Suppose That rather than The thorn You could have been The rose? (c) Helen … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, denial, Dreams, Flower, Love, Musings, Relationships, Rose, truth | 13 Comments

After Life

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Helen

As we pass from life If there is nothing No consciousness or form Our bodies food for worms Or the crematorium fire Then there is no disappointment Or dismay There is nothing But if the soul Continues on Then who … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Afterlife, denial, God, Musings, near death experience, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Spirituality, truth | 16 Comments

Solitude

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Helen

A leaf floating down the gutter After heavy rainfall Disappearing into the dark cavern Of the drain A balloon rising briskly So high into the sky Floating onward to eternity With no anchor to still its progress away Alone A … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, belonging, dark, denial, loneliness, longing, Musings, Philosophy, sadness, solitude, truth | 17 Comments

Game Score

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Helen

If you would walk Step by step with me For but one day All our differences Brooding wrongs Might ease away If you would walk Down a pathway here For just a mile We may unite Relinquish all our cause … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, dark, denial, enmity, fighting, game, Relationships, truth | 8 Comments

The Dream

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Helen

The hardest thing in losing love Is to relinquish what it seemed For even though the partnership May well have lost its gleam How do you quell the lingering ghost How do you kill the dream? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, dark, denial, Dreams, ghost, lost love, Relationships | 41 Comments

Early Morning Walk

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Helen

Weary eyes fight to stay open, defeat sleep Longest days Dark in the morning draws us out Streetlights shine Even at 6am step by step Remember comfort of your bed left behind Do not sleep even as you walk comatose … Continue reading →