Tag Archives: choice

Sea Change

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Helen

Reflecting the circles Of life and of choice Listening to the patterns The still and peaceful voice Dreaming of a sea change Begin, rebuild anew Lens I use part foreign Part familiar view Would there be a chance Will the fates … Continue reading →

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Risen

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Helen

Blackened eagle Wings through putrid sky Storms brewing Hunger and terror Blind sisters they weave Darker thread Demon regal Hooded piercing eye Wolf pursuing Spiritual error Forsaken hearts cleave To the dead (c) Helen Valentina 2014, All Rights Reserved

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Picture Perfect

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Helen

Not a hair out of place It’s been so long since we last met in parties brittle with laughter and with escapades we won’t forget Age has been kind to you or you’re clever Picture perfect you still seem While … Continue reading →

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Crafty

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

She was sly and she was crafty She was clever, she was cold There were only lies and traps in All the stories that she told She was daughter to deception She was misdirection’s queen She was never on the … Continue reading →

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Draw Card

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Helen

Give me the draw card Give me some time I’ll bring the people You bring the crime Give me the headline Give me a star They’ll come to see this Travel afar Give me a tagline Zeitgeist is fed They … Continue reading →

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Life on Mars

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Helen

May as well seek for life on Mars In these hallways only ghosts walk And it’s been this way for years Dust is dancing in the sunlight And such hearts left here forsaken Are just listless memories And melodies to … Continue reading →

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Delusion – for Prompt 48 Escalating Humiliation

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Helen

For one moment to be right To have felt something, anything Warm in my direction Not some sad and lost reflection Of a prize that’s so forbidden From my life Did he smile and gaze my way Feel some attraction, … Continue reading →

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Procession

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Helen

The procession of my days gives way to slow encroaching age Each page is written deep in blood and floods my mind with memories that tease The procession of these hours have powers to make the past within akin to … Continue reading →

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Cats

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Helen

The cats know There are places They will not go It’s feline grace To so completely Know their space The cats sense All the losses and The expense If you call upon Their sweetest care They are long gone The … Continue reading →

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Exorcist

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Helen

This perfect crisp winter morn Last autumn leaves falling Lost, forlorn This calling in my soul arises Breaking like a promised dawn A blessing given in the rain Should all the greatest losses Here contain And darker thought’s dominion Will … Continue reading →

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