Tag Archives: Love

For Ionia, Part 2 – In honour of her victory over cancer

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Helen

Under parched earth the seed of health and hope slumbered, waiting the moment to arise The sky above so bleak seemed bent on sadness yet held within its sweet surprise That rain will fall eventually and open joyful eyes The … Continue reading →

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Quiet Moments

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Helen

These quiet moments by your side Above all doubt, above all pride Heads here bent, and arms entwined Drinking all from the divine These soft words spoken end of day that wash all fear and pain away A touch of … Continue reading →

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You Were My Food – For Prompt 19 – Food

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Helen

You were my food, my simple nourishment I fed on your life-force, your words and deeds A glance from you was ambrosia pure A word from your lips like blood-red cherries falling at my feet I drank you in like … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Times – for Prompt 8 – The Boy In The Red Vest

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

      I have written this a thousand times Tried cursive calligraphy Complicated rhymes Called you cruel and irrational Then beauteous, sublime I’ve written this A thousand times I have given you a thousand names I’ve accepted all the … Continue reading →

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Complete Abandon – for Prompt 18 – Losing Control

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Helen

Always the veritable picture of reserve I spent my days waiting for a god to fall from heaven or rise from hell and take me home, though long ago I’d found no path or road would lead me to a … Continue reading →

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Denied

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Helen

I drew from the well of his heart A simple enough place to start I sought not above nor below For guidance to follow my part I grew from the gifts he’d bestow In attention I’d bask and I’d glow … Continue reading →

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Never Was

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Helen

This friendship never was This bond never began It lived only in poetry And sad songs which you sang No word was ever true All glances but a lie In promise we began In enmity we’ll die You’ll say I … Continue reading →

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Just a Dream

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Helen

Where have you gone to my dear love Over the mountains, fly like a dove What are you seeking my true delight What destination will you alight? What song you sing now dearest friend Which of my suitors just pretend? … Continue reading →

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Seek

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Helen

Depth of feeling with you is a sickness; bleeding wound that never heals; no clinician can diagnose or remedy the cavity within, this lacuna of the soul or fill this lack which kills all truer feeling before it can begin … Continue reading →

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For Ionia

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange for generosity … Continue reading →

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