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I Wish

To all those that struggle I wish relief I wish you to overcome To all those who mourn I wish acceptance I wish you calm To all those that aspire I wish you inspiration I wish you a voice To … Continue reading

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Chrysalis Stage – Prompt 10 Metamorphisis

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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One Word

One word Spoken in the hush As evening falls One kiss Light on a cheek In shadows One promise Broken before It is made One heart Split at the core Bereft One word Too quiet to hear All is lost … Continue reading

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Gentle – A Villanelle

This is so gentle I may fall and cry See breath upon your lips so sweet and light To keep such precious moments, gladly die You seem so like an angel passing by Yet in my yearning heart would you … Continue reading

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Split

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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Emerging

Emerging Strange quality here Phoenix like Submerging Deeper seas will speak Mystery Arising Serpent fire at night Wings expand Surprising We return to home Through a dream (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Management 101 – for Prompt 5 – Cliche

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater We have to right size this organisation But that doesn’t mean we have to re-invent the wheel We have to up size our delivery streams Embrace a matrix reporting structure That works … Continue reading

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Freefall

Freefall Vertigo has caught me rushing down to fast approaching ground Thoughts splinter beating with my heart Bones breaking tearing me apart Freefall Time released me Something forgotten lost for all time Sweet oblivion give me your embrace Final death … Continue reading

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Ancient Longing

These ancient walls are vast, heraldic creatures watch o’er me and yet alone within one room I brood solitary, dreaming of an age lost to me These steps are steeped in blood and time The mischief of an age gone … Continue reading

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Locket

The perfect locket Fine etched gold Hides your secrets Deep within How it shimmers In the moonlight Gold flecked warmth Like sun on skin And he’s thinking As it glistens This may be a way To begin Gilt edged locket … Continue reading

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