Tag Archives: acceptance

I Loved You Once

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

I loved you once When we were young You were the poet The song unsung I barely knew What we’d begun Before our time was done I loved you then I’d love you now If all our history We’d avow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, choice, denial, loss, lost love, Love, memory, Musings, Relationships | 12 Comments

United

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

Our hands clasp across this misery Determined we arise There’s time now to re-write history To stand united in our eyes A slave’s life these days are seen as free Deluded by diversion And yet now entrapped we still will … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, choice, freedom, Musings, new world order, Philosophy, rebellion, revolution, slavery, truth, united | Leave a comment

All This And More

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Helen

The mercurial mind of one who entertained Vibrant words and articulate hands dancing before me Drawing laughter from the depths, all life’s absurdities All this and more he was to me The one most trusted and true who guarded against … Continue reading →

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Tuxedo Nights

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Helen

I no longer yearn for tuxedo nights Glamour holds no sway on me Visceral hunger for elegantry Is frozen as a winter strewn lake I would no longer hold Gatsby’s hand Give him shelter in the jazz age Swinging softly … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, dark, denial, elite, fashion, Gatsby, jazz age, knowledge, Musings, Philosophy, truth, Tuxedo, Wealth, wisdom | 17 Comments

I Remember

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Helen

I remember your deep, glittering eyes Reaching mine I remember your soft, beautiful voice Trapped in time I remember your pain, of such depth Reaching out I remember the passion, blood stricken Leeching out I remember the madness of guile … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, choice, dark, denial, lost love, Love, memory, pain, passion, Relationships, truth | 19 Comments

Tales of Endearment

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Helen

Such precious moments Across the arc of days Caress the sensitive soul Sets the timid heart ablaze Stories of exquisite form Kindness quietly given Moments of pure lucidity Where emotion’s driven Tales of endearment sparkle Not as drama, mystique Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, choice, light, Love, passion, Relationships, Term of endearment | 6 Comments

Chaos is My Friend

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Helen

Primordial, primal energy The Tower always falls Undifferentiated mystery Distant, deep cat calls Dragon stirs within Orion Sweeps stars now with his wings While this little world is dying A new birth gently sings Out of all destruction Out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, alchemy, Aspiration, belief, chaos, creation, death, destruction, Dragons, Philosophy, rebirth, Spiritual, Tower | 4 Comments

Guilt

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Helen

I am drawn out on this rack Spread like withered newspaper crackling and brown; I have hungered beyond earthly recognition for a moment of almost predatory peace Sweet skeleton irradiates unspoken crimes; days long ago during summer’s idyll, where we … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, childhood, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, dishonesty, Games, guilt, memory, Musings, Philosophy, truth | 8 Comments

Hidden Depths – for Prompt 13 – Photo Inspiration

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Helen

We waited outside Deathless minutes passing Far beyond the weave of grieving We waited It is very true there is no knowing the heart of loss turning, twisting seeking succour and compassion in hallowed walls, these hidden depths The priest … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, Bereft, church, dark, death, denial, grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, loss, lost love, missing child, mystery, pain, priest, solace, Spiritual, truth | 12 Comments

Support

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Helen

How oft I find when I am wearied most And weakened by the stresses of the day Tis then I’m called upon to be the host For those that grieve, or other fears allay When I could cheerfully sound my … Continue reading →