Tag Archives: belief

For My Mother – In Memory

Posted on October 5, 2016 by

Keep this little light shining Honour and truth The greater questions Of the imponderable universe All those nights Speaking of the ineffable The sublime Nourish me still Give me belief And almost faith That kindness and care Still replenish this … Continue reading →

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The Mystery

Posted on September 14, 2016 by

I could not capture the mystery It was too deeply etched on a face too hidden from full view Those days we often laughed and dreamt wild dreams that only youth would dare to dream And in those days I … Continue reading →

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Precious Things

Posted on June 4, 2016 by

These precious things I hardly thought of in my brittle youth I was alive and free and not diverted By the needs of others or the truth The greater weave of history and sacrifice so far away From my comfortable, … Continue reading →

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Crown of Thorns

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

Down the years we don Our crown of thorns And bleed our dreams On our life’s brittle page Make our prayers to gods Give our sacrifice As though bargaining can make Us rule this weary stage Each year we find … Continue reading →

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Scorpio

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

I am Scorpio This constellation Stings within The tails of shooting stars Four parts scorpion Hidden human Venus square To the hubris of Mars I am Scorpio Bride of twilight Delighting in Our lost mythology Psychic sister To this master … Continue reading →

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Once

Posted on August 23, 2015 by

So long ago It seems another lifetime Another girl Not me But even so My heart knew something deep How to take flight Be free But only once I felt this deeply Like some wonder To behold So long ago … Continue reading →

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Deliver Us

Posted on July 27, 2015 by

This I pray Deliver us now From such pain This I plead Your grace to bestow At our need At your feet Prostrate we will fall For such grace This I pray Deliver us now To your heart (c) Helen … Continue reading →

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Future Minds

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

These youths that deride Our older remedies Are the future minds That one day yet will take Upon themselves The shackles of the age And as they age they’ll know They’re only future minds For but the briefest time Once … Continue reading →

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Message

Posted on June 6, 2015 by

What message do you give me In this twilight world This forest deep wherein you roam And regenerate Shed your skin and breathe anew And slithering, quietly come in view And resting on my lap here awhile What do you … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on June 3, 2015 by

These things they say of hope I cannot see them Find myself blind It seems to me that times of hope Were times that would precede despair It was the thing I clinged to When nothing else was there And … Continue reading →

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