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Weep For Us

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Helen

In this hour As our foolishness descends And of our friends Are only foes We scarce can comprehend our woes Then close your wings Around these sacred things And weep for us In this year When sanity gave way to … Continue reading →

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Birth

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Helen

Wearing the face you held Before you were born You come into this world Fully formed The woman in the child Awaiting the time To flower Like a new star in the cosmos Flaming bright You are too precious to … Continue reading →

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Angel Part One

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Helen

She was blistering white Heaven’s finest We trembled at her sight And yet her beauty Illuminated the night So stellar, so bright Her power cascaded Across our unredeemed shore She gave us her mercy We clamoured for more Her silvery … Continue reading →

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Angel

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Helen

Angel here attend me I am dying Though my wounds and scars invisible Are not counted in the fallen Just a slow inexorable procession To a dusty end Angel please release me I am broken Though the world around believes … Continue reading →

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Moon

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Helen

You watch over me And my memories As I sleep you caress The very sky And slither within The air I breathe To bring me succour And delight You hover above Shedding your light Paving my way Through shadows too … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Helen

Am I imprudent to request To fall on knees Until they bleed Is it too much To see me blessed To give me succour In my need? I am unworthy it is true But worth will fall And so will … Continue reading →

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Regret

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Helen

You fell so far The very stars did die It’s such a shame To see an angel cry I heard you sing Before you crashed below And what you lost I guess we’ll never know You reached so high The … Continue reading →

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Angel

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Helen

Fluttering wings Against my cold cheek Foolish things Just a dream What does heaven seek Far downstream? Angels sigh But they never speak Only cry Be their host Once before you die Love the most (c) Helen Valentina 2014, All … Continue reading →

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Bring On the Night – for Prompt 72 Sister Awake

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Helen

The year they dared to capture this fallen angel, they tore her wings and mounted them upon the wall, her limbs secured by steel tipped strings The men that gathered there to see this unholy but sacred sight blinked, dazed … 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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