Tag Archives: growth

Come With Me

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Helen

Come with me Come and see the world Flags unfurled In the air You can see so far Be a star On our way Just a step or two Calling you Come with me Come and see it all You … Continue reading →

Posted in Air | Tagged ambition, Cube, future, growth, journey, ladder | 5 Comments

Be a storm in my life she begged I have lived too long In quiet solitude My shutters drawn Against the weather All its forms And so now I grow weary Of my comfort And I yearn For the storm … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry, Water | Tagged growth, longing, Love, passion, storm, tempest | 3 Comments

Precious

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Helen

These precious things We tend Patient and strong Our seedlings small Will grow Before too long Our silent voices Yet will rise To perfect song And find our place Our precious home Where we belong (c ) Helen Valentina 2018

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged garden, growth, home, nurture, precious, protect, tending | 6 Comments

Blooming

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Helen

Blooming girl Nature gilds your wings As you grow Rose heart fire Tresses caught alight Earthly awe Perfect sight Bloom before us now Pure starlight (c) Helen Valentina 2017

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Beauty, blooming, growth, haiku, Life, light, nture | Leave a comment

Destined

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Helen

Take this ring this day and know The secrets that we here bestow The destined path that you must see The learnings which you must follow Wear it proud until you see The weave within complexity Until you do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged destiny, fellowship, following, growth, knowledge, need, path, ring | Leave a comment

After the Rain

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Helen

We will begin anew after the rain Nothing we here forgive nor explain Another day rises with its new refrain Sheltered we wait until the fallen showers temper their tempest to the quiet hours Remind us of gentleness within such … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged deluge, growth, hope, inspired, Quiet, rain, rebuilding, renewal, strength, tempest, wisdom | 2 Comments

World Outside

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Helen

There is a whole world waiting outside I don’t care There are lush fields brimming with green Growing there Within my home everything’s dark All is despair There is a whole world living outside I’m not there Watch how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged dark, denial, despair, growth, hearth, home, inhospitable, Life, lonely, promise, world | Leave a comment

Crack for Prompt 66 The Music of Leonard Cohen

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Helen

“There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in” – Leonard Cohen, Anthem Little mother barren breast Weep Madonna suffering’s best In your grief your soul is blessed Your soul is blessed Hopeful dreamer furrowed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged blessing, growth, hope, light, madonna, religious, soul, Spiritual, suffering, uplifting | 12 Comments

Growing Pains

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Helen

A little girl born in the world of man A lesser being Made to understand Less touch and then a lesser turning head to see her pictures drawn to hear the words she said Within a family exists the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, beliefs, choice, family, favouritism, growing pains, growing up, growth, myhs, pain, Relationships, sexism, truth | 10 Comments

Childhood

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Helen

In the acorn is the oak In the seed the rose will bloom In the rocking of the cradle In the warmth to fill a room In the playground is the growing In each school the lessons learned This is … Continue reading →