Tag Archives: alchemy

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 →

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Holy Grail

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Helen

And would we fall before The Holy Grail And would we fall? Would we recognise A moment’s purity Would we recognise? Each day travelled in The modern world Seems travesty Were my spirit and My honor bound What’s left to … Continue reading →

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White Death

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Helen

White death arrives As snow upon a desert sand And purity is sterility Cold porcelain and age White death arrives Blizzard across aching bones All these many years Forfeit to an icy hand White death arrives Encompassing all colour Talisman … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious House – for Prompt 12 – Fairytale

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Helen

                  There once was a powerful magician who had traversed deep within the darkest regions of power and persuasion. He was so suffused in his magic that even his surroundings bent to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Dragonfly

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Helen

Dragonfly soul; enwrap me till I am lost Flying high above me; streaks of light abound Touch my hand Bid me enter here to your hearth Dragonfly wings; shelter me now from the storm (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights … Continue reading →

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Chrysalis Stage – Prompt 10 Metamorphisis

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Helen

In my chrysalis stage I had no face I woke to find Of my visage Not a single trace I saw, it seemed, through tiny hairs Across my featureless skin Fine tuned antenna let The visual in Through sound waves … Continue reading →

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Split

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

Split apart like a peach at the banquet table We are Cut adrift like a lost lifeboat floating on silent seas We are Broken down like a grandfather clock, portentous but still We are Forever lost like keys to forgotten … Continue reading →

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Greater

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

There are greater fears Than that Death’s dominion is A shroud at best The closing lid of the coffin Just a doorway beyond There are deeper darknesses within Than this The blood that beats Its circulatory path may spill Like … Continue reading →

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Lost Weekend

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Helen

Blink and it’s Monday Lost weekend A cavity of darkness Inhabits my mind Am I blind? What of the past two days? Where are they hid? Light flashing before my eyes Friday night dreams Can’t resolve now at all The … Continue reading →

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