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Death

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Helen

Death is An empty train station Past midnight Watching the flickering Pulse of the lamplight Weave us a ghost Death is A ruined church Moonlight streaming in Misshapen walls The crucifix broken All hope lost Death is Alleyways at night … Continue reading →

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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 →

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When I Am Gone

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen

When I am gone I will haunt you Whisper across your windowsill Glide across your floor I will be the slight chill Which bids you draw your coat Around your shoulders And a breath Against your cheek Before you sleep … Continue reading →

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Lost Ghost

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Helen

Wraithlike Half floating Half gliding Down spectral halls The outline of A memory Ever so faintly Ever so gently calls Sorrowful Dark mourning Hands wringing Suffused with strange light A childless mother Husbandless bride Supplicant here Weeps in sacrificial white … Continue reading →

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Dark Nights

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Helen

Dark Knights begin their marching In a bleak parade A modern-day Hamlet By obsession is betrayed His every fevered thought Through the media relayed By the lake they watch and wait For the Dark Knights passing by And could this … Continue reading →

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Death

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Helen

‘Break bread with me’ Said Death Pulling out a seat To rest his weary form ‘I’ve ridden long Into the night’ he said ‘I’ll ride much longer Ere the dawn’ ‘Have you come for me?’ I politely asked Not regretful … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Helen

A poem based on a dream I once had…………….. A wicked man once held his love Within his house of dreams Where walls were doors and doors were walls Was nothing as it seems? And for her, in place of … Continue reading →

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The Breath

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Helen

A breath against my cheek on waking alone Was that your ghost? Yet how could it be that one who lives reaches across the ether to touch with nothingness? Were you a dream in that moment, striving for more, reaching … Continue reading →

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