Tag Archives: Grace

Royal Hue

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Helen

Royal hue On her upturned face Open grace Purple fire The whim of desire Sacred space In the stars Hear the choir Sing to you Splendour here This now perfect year’s Royal hue (c) Helen Valentina 2020

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Days

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Helen

I have traveled these bleak expanses For days, my throat parched and my lips dry and cracked Sheltering my body as best I can From relentless sun and sand filled wind Battering my face Looking for something, anything, in this … Continue reading →

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Angel

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Helen

Angel here attend me I am dying Though my wounds and scars invisible Are not counted in the fallen Just a slow inexorable procession To a dusty end Angel please release me I am broken Though the world around believes … 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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Deliver Us

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Helen

This I pray Deliver us now From such pain This I plead Your grace to bestow At our need At your feet Prostrate we will fall For such grace This I pray Deliver us now To your heart (c) Helen … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Helen

You ask for miracles My cupboard’s bare There are no angels left Just hiding there And God has left us here To our despair To our despair You plead for holy grace To light your way I’ve only platitudes And dull … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Helen

Am I imprudent to request To fall on knees Until they bleed Is it too much To see me blessed To give me succour In my need? I am unworthy it is true But worth will fall And so will … Continue reading →

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The Dragon and the Wolf

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Helen

You hunt within these hemispheres Whirling in the gyre I call to you as energy I’m drowning in your fire My dragon wrap your wings around My trembling body still I’ll be the wolf upon the plain Just waiting on … Continue reading →

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Moonbeam

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Helen

I felt your touch As light upon My shifting seas Beloved came A messenger Within the heart of me Moonbeams’ dance Reminds me of A kind of grace Beloved comes At twilight turn To see His face © Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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Lonely Goal

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Helen

Just one drop within the sea Merge with All so endlessly Mermaids whisper, return to me Return to me Just one star within the sky Multi faceted pinpoint eye Gone already, it’s just a lie Just a lie Just one … Continue reading →

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