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Gentle Strength

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Helen

Mediate on strength Strong as the beast Gentle as the butterfly Kingdoms must rise On ideas as light as air Heavy weighted truth Fierce as battle cries Soft as lullabies May we yet realise Realise (c) Helen Valentina 2020

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Purple World

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Helen

Butterflies flying so free In their purple world A brief moment of life Too beautiful to last All that we may see Of their purple world Is the flapping wings That fade too fast A caterpillar may dream Of this … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Ring

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Helen

I recall she wore A butterfly ring And she painted her eyes Like butterfly wings She spoke of lost innocence And all that it brings Her transformation early Her butterfly ring A child not a child So not anything A … Continue reading →

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A Wish For You

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Helen

I wish for you The softest summer light Dancing as a butterfly Upon the perfect flowers And even in life’s showers The gentlest of rain I wish for you Innocence unencumbered By life’s too bitter days Instead a golden path … Continue reading →

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Beautiful

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Helen

It is so beautiful Colours streaming through My eyes are drawn To all the rainbows strewn Across the sky And along pavements run By children laughing In their search of fun It is so beautiful A butterfly is born In … Continue reading →

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Sharp Relief

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Helen

Pictures of you Lighting stridently bold You’re a negative In sharp relief They froze you In plastic time A look of shock and awe Is so pretty In a way Out on the streets Car headlights shine Your bag is … Continue reading →

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Simplicity

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Helen

The simplicity of moments A child’s laugh A pure blue sky The face of a friend The perfect butterfly The simplicity is all The simplicity of lifetimes Youthful innocence Tempestuous adolescence Stretching wings of adulthood Yielding now to aging’s essence … Continue reading →

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A Kinder Day

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Helen

I am sleeping in my cocoon Transformation painful, dark These nightmares of disintegration This transcendental elevation As I am broken down within To arise the butterfly in new skin Nigredo dark and deep despair You feel that you will never … Continue reading →

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Butterfly

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Helen

Butterfly Monarch princess for Too brief life Beautiful Royal pattern flies Cross the sky Freedom is Your birthright and the Price you pay Brevity Is beauty’s namesake Once again (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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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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