Tag Archives: Life

Watercolour Dreams

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Helen

I’m drifting in watercolour dreams Soft hues flutter past me Whispering childhood secrets I cannot yet hear But I am content Even so I’m floating in watercolour seas The rainbow has fallen To earth at my feet I am content … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged art, contentment, Life, rainbow, Spiritual, watercolour | 5 Comments

Purple World

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Helen

Butterflies flying so free In their purple world A brief moment of life Too beautiful to last All that we may see Of their purple world Is the flapping wings That fade too fast A caterpillar may dream Of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Beauty, brevity, butterfly, caterpillar, Dreams, Life | 6 Comments

All Your Colours

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Helen

I remember all your colours I don’t think you ever saw them Always searching for the more You were blind to all within And perhaps it was your mother’s words The balm of yesteryear That held you such a prisoner … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged death, hope, joy, Life, sorrow, soul, spirit, truth | 3 Comments

Diversity

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Helen

Where would we be Without such rich diversity Without each unique identity So many colours In our sea? To strip such colour here away Become the bland, the drab and grey What price we’d pay for us to be So … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged difference, diversity, individuality, Life, unique | 6 Comments

Multitudes

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Helen

“I contain multitudes’ – Walt Whitman There comes a time we realise and feel a lack of linearity within and confused we stumble through our memories as if to excavate the shape and form of who we are from what … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged existence, identity, individuality, Life, memory, truth | 3 Comments

Return

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Helen

I always return to you In the end Steadfast you wait Patient and calm You know how I am Wanderer in my soul But I always return To you I know I came from you At the start You are … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged death, faith, home, kin, Life, Love, returning | 2 Comments

Balance

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Helen

One by one Two by two The universe is made All the signs Here align For the light parade Balance for me Like a charm Overhead None will falter None will harm It is said It begins As it ends … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged balance, colours, Life, light, Spiritual, unity, white | 3 Comments

Fresh ingredients

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Helen

Next year We’ll use fresh ingredients Juggling choices To suit our palettes Life’s finest chefs Run on knowledge And instinct combined And with age and with time So shall we Next year It’s a new recipe Next year We’ll combine … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged choice, food, hope, Life, new year resolutions, Optimism, recipe | 3 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

Deeper

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Helen

Drawing deeper Than ever before The water will relinquish Its power and secrets She will thrive In knowledge And energy Till she is whole All life begins Floating in fluids Cosmic conducting Of life force energy She knows as she … Continue reading →