Tag Archives: dark

Life Lessons

Oh wow I lost my job today What gift in this circumstance Is hidden away? Gift, schmift Is what I say!! Crap happens somewhere Every day Karma is a bitch but from what I see She bestows her fortune and … Continue reading

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Prompt 7 – Nonsense Madness – Sixteen

Sixteen days, sixteen hours, Sixteen minutes I saw sixteen flies Around the carcass What? What did you say? Oh, you think You’re very clever then Sixteen One plus six is seven All good children go to heaven Cosmic jokesters all … Continue reading

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Bitten Twice

I heard your voice this morning Across a crowded café And in this vocal memory So many years just washed away I would have searched you out Before you went away But I found I had nothing to say You … Continue reading

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

We Repeat This – A Rondelet Stream

We repeat this In each life returns the same thread We repeat this From betrayal of a lost kiss Comes the certainty of true dread But no matter what we have said We repeat this Please don’t lose heart Even … Continue reading

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Bid

I shudder within Translucent skin I tremble above The sighs of love In terror I turn Unable to learn I climax, I fall Lost to it all The moment I breathe I’m starting to leave With never a word So … Continue reading

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Burning

Suspended Hover as in flight above me Intended such redeeming sight to love me Returning like a ghost of past Take your bow I’m burning Fire cannot last in dreams now (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Heloise and Abelard

In France you may find The tomb of Heloise And Abelard Great love arises Beyond societal rules And religion’s call Great loss will shatter Honor and promises Sound the fall So centuries later We visit Heloise And her Abelard In … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Nothing Personal

Nothing personal Wrong place, wrong night Nothing personal In a gaze returned Nothing deliberate In communion made Nothing legitimate In lessons learned Nothing personal In games we played Quite immaterial What we denied Nothing deliberate In trust so broken Nothing … Continue reading

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ritual

I fled before the ritual Sliced deep within my heart Denied the rank habitual That tore each choice apart My thoughts so pathological In shadows found my twin Wore masks phantasmagorical Down the rabbit hole we spin Ecstatic in the … Continue reading

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Prompt 6 – Personification – The Forgotten Teddy Bear

Once I sat Content, on your lap Beaming up through my Beaded eyes Flowing love to you My precious child I enjoyed so Our childhood games The stories and the clothes You adorned me with The friends amongst us All … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 38 Comments