Tag Archives: knowledge

Wash Us Clean

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

This glorious moment Wash us clean Pure rainfall is your gift Undeserved but craved Even in our closed and doubting minds In youth the man Cared not for matters of the soul The world beckoned As a thing of substance … Continue reading →

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Wisdom

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

Here is wisdom Not found within books Or utterances of aged lips Between the chimera’s smile And such ghosts that slip Trembling at Your fingertips Here is wisdom Where the one becomes the all Boundaries are cruelly torn And something … Continue reading →

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For My Mother – In Memory

Posted on October 5, 2016 by

Keep this little light shining Honour and truth The greater questions Of the imponderable universe All those nights Speaking of the ineffable The sublime Nourish me still Give me belief And almost faith That kindness and care Still replenish this … Continue reading →

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Wisdom

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

This brave new world The apple promised so much Lush life Verdant knowledge Man into a god Bulbs break Civilisations fall And apples rot Down to the core What was all This wisdom for? (c) Helen Valentina 2016

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Shining

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

Keep these little lights shining One by one they strive to blacken everything Sheltered precious glow as sweet community Let them never know what can never be Keep these little lights shining endlessly (c) Helen Valentina 2016

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Black and White

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Symbolic duality Black and white Balanced held Temporarily What feet may walk Across this chequered floor And what for? Perfect design Each component Like the last In perpetuity What ritual done On a blood washed floor And what for? Between … Continue reading →

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Luggage

Posted on November 7, 2015 by

Simple travel Pack your luggage Turn to go Just a trip now If you’re crying don’t Let it show What the world has There before you You should know Simple travel Pack your luggage Turn to go (c) Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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Knowledge

Posted on October 29, 2015 by

Speaking in tongues Through conduits ancient and divine Spirits reach this hemisphere And claw to find their way within Out of the blackened pit of night Wherein they must reside Beware the bite of delicacy They offer riches, treasures pure … Continue reading →

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Destined

Posted on October 23, 2015 by

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 →

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Future Minds

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

These youths that deride Our older remedies Are the future minds That one day yet will take Upon themselves The shackles of the age And as they age they’ll know They’re only future minds For but the briefest time Once … Continue reading →

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