Tag Archives: Love

I Wish For You

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Helen

I wish for you a sense of self that wraps you warm and calm I wish that here good friends abound And none to do you harm I wish for love to find your door That you may let it … Continue reading →

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Water Damage

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Helen

With me It’s always water damage Every place I’ve lived it seems Will have plumbing problems Eventually So I should have known That foolish moment Of romantic conceit When I declared to myself You were a storm in my life … Continue reading →

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Unrequited

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Helen

I turn my face From yours Your lips capture Only my cheek So I am polite Not passionate And words of love I will not speak You turn your face To mine Your eyes implore My very soul But to … Continue reading →

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Falsity

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Helen

Once I felt My heart open A physical sensation Like a bud in bloom A stillness covered me I felt I heard a voice And strange electricity Filled the room But this was just a trick Of light and laughter … Continue reading →

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Just Being Logical About This….

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

I admit that it’s true That with nearness of you My cheeks seem to show A far pinker hue And it seems we see here My more brittle veneer Comes with moments when you Have ventured more near But let’s … Continue reading →

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Eternity

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

Patience is a virtue they say so I wait Hours pass like a year or more in a day If you’d smile turn your gaze to me you would see Moments now without your gaze are eternity (c) Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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When I Am Gone

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen

When I am gone I will haunt you Whisper across your windowsill Glide across your floor I will be the slight chill Which bids you draw your coat Around your shoulders And a breath Against your cheek Before you sleep … Continue reading →

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Endings – Five Sentence Fiction

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Helen

With thanks to Owlish Thoughts for the idea of the five sentence fiction form 🙂 The burden of love freely given but which I cannot return weighs so heavy on me, dragging me down further into my silence. I want … Continue reading →

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Lost Love

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Helen

A dream of you An embrace An earnest, long kiss Chaste, pressed against my cheek Suggestive of more Brings memories Of what might have been And echoes Of my greatest loss (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Traditional

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Helen

In matters of the heart I am not traditional Everything has a kind of quirk I’m not perverse but it’s still relative In my occupation I’m more conservative This veering from the norm does not arise from choice An inner … Continue reading →

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