Tag Archives: hope

Virtue

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

Virtue is above the need for truth It calls to something far more powerful Deep within It is honour here without need of proof It shows the inner warrior The place to begin It’s nothing more nor less than perfect … Continue reading →

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Sheltering Wings

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Helen

These sheltering wings Encompass the world With promise and hope All flags unfurled To make discord unity To nourish the soul Give light in the darkness Completes now the whole These sheltering wings Perfection of goal A wing span of … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

The conversation is done The waiting has begun Such structured, strict confines Illuminates and then defines One’s life in epigrams Lost postcards, telegrams The dance of words is all One now awaits the call The call may never come Now … Continue reading →

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Voice

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Helen

Could it be from silence comes a voice Could the reach beyond be a real choice? Are there words a quiet soul may speak? Are they worth the audience I seek? All these years I hid within these walls Turned away, … Continue reading →

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Infinity

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Helen

Infinity bracelet worn Upon a stranger’s wrist Like a talisman to where Intimate strangers kiss All my life there’s never been More to feel than this Can a sense of lack become Something close to bliss? Infinity tattoo tells Lies … Continue reading →

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I Wish

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Helen

To all those that struggle I wish relief I wish you to overcome To all those who mourn I wish acceptance I wish you calm To all those that aspire I wish you inspiration I wish you a voice To … Continue reading →

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Gentle – A Villanelle

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Helen

This is so gentle I may fall and cry See breath upon your lips so sweet and light To keep such precious moments, gladly die You seem so like an angel passing by Yet in my yearning heart would you … Continue reading →

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Split

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

Split apart like a peach at the banquet table We are Cut adrift like a lost lifeboat floating on silent seas We are Broken down like a grandfather clock, portentous but still We are Forever lost like keys to forgotten … Continue reading →

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Cancer

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Helen

An errant cell mutates And quickly finds its mate They grow and grow And so it goes Until You’re suddenly feeling ill These new cells are defined Uniquely re-designed Proliferate At such a rate You see Yourself in entropy Surgery … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Helen

For me Hope has always been The thing you have When you already know Deep inside That something won’t happen It is the defiant Small, calling card That tries to deny What is already seen In so doing It withers … Continue reading →

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