Tag Archives: dark

Almost There

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Helen

The dominion here Of the greedy lost With their cruel neglect Shown through burdened cost Takes us centre stage Where they bleed us most In a tragedy Purest tragedy Dislocate whole tribes From a living wage Systematic loss Writ on … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged 1%, Apathy, Aspiration, belief, cruelty, dark, denial, greed, Labor, Living wage, Philosophy, Politics, Spiritual, truth, Wage | 12 Comments

Drama Queen

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Helen

You live a tragedy Like Anna Karenina Weeping, disconsolate By the train You’re so dramatic Like Lady Macbeth With wild ambition No more restrained Or like Camilla Le Fanu’s vampire Leaving every victim Soulless, drained Could you please refrain? Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged Arts, Cathy, dark, Drama queen, heathcliff, Humor, justice, Lady Macbeth, pain, Relationships, truth | 23 Comments

The Dream

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Helen

The hardest thing in losing love Is to relinquish what it seemed For even though the partnership May well have lost its gleam How do you quell the lingering ghost How do you kill the dream? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, dark, denial, Dreams, ghost, lost love, Relationships | 41 Comments

Self Delusion – Sonnet

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Helen

Within my mind I know that tricks may lie To catch me unaware with my belief To be more self-aware I always try To know when I’d cause happiness or grief And yet when I feel fear I often find … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, delusion, denial, fear, Philosophy, self awareness, sonnet, truth | 16 Comments

A Child Will Know

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Helen

A child will see The lesser turned head The more distant eye The favour fall elsewhere A child will know In offhand remarks Those words left unspoken Indifferent silence A child will feel The ephemeral embrace That speaks not of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged child, Childcare, dark, denial, emotional neglect, growing, Love, Relationships, truth | 32 Comments

Early Morning Walk

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Helen

Weary eyes fight to stay open, defeat sleep Longest days Dark in the morning draws us out Streetlights shine Even at 6am step by step Remember comfort of your bed left behind Do not sleep even as you walk comatose … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, dark, dawn, Musings, walking, weariness | 17 Comments

Knowledge

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Helen

I know you think I believe you I know you are counting On my trust I know you believe I’ll support you I know you think That I must Do you see I know Not to trust you Do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged dark, denial, knowledge, loyalty, trust, truth | 14 Comments

Memory

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Helen

Crystalline light refracts before tired eyes Do I know this place? So strange to not trust familiarity It may be illusory cosmetic, or real All the same now I do not know Words used to flow like rivers from my … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged age, Brain, cruelty, dark, dementia, loss, memory, Memory loss, Musings, truth | 16 Comments

Hubris

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Helen

Hubris Is a seductive friend Cleaves to you To the bitter end Flees from you When you most depend Battles lost Nought left to defend Hubris Always blinds the eye Over confident So you hardly try Believing that You will … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Achilles, choice, creativity, dark, delusion, denial, hubris, truth | 14 Comments

Symbolic

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Helen

Symbolic power Corroding the soul Inching its dreadful way in Debauching a butterfly Excoriating rainbows Washing childhood dreams In ritual and sin Power corrupting Mystery schooling Making the hidden Just occult debris Where now to aspire For liberation’s knowledge Where … Continue reading →