Tag Archives: memory

Born to You

In this dreamworld I am born to you In this illusion Feel me warm to you I’m a prisoner Of this flickering view I dance this dance That wears a darker hue And yet I dream To find the smallest … Continue reading

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Hush, Did I Hear You Say…..?

I am the stuff of regret Faded portraits in handmade books Hidden from the light Snippets of songs Fleeing from the putrid Memories of the night I cannot kill my past with sleep… I cannot beat it down, dead dog … Continue reading

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The Fourth Kind

Searing light Blinds the senses now They approach Can’t recall What paths we followed Into dark Explore you Little rat upon Lab table Is this real Or just fear’s dread dance In a dream? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights … Continue reading

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The Listener

Attentive And quiet Collecting thoughts Like butterflies Pinned to a secret wall In a room No-one sees Almost invisible The barely perceptible Nodding head Hands touching lightly Momentarily Gestures of support Urging the speech Drinking it in Cataloguing the species … Continue reading

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Honour and Sacrifice – for ANZAC Day

I’m re-posting this – one of my earliest poems on this blog, at the suggestion of my friend Ann. This poem is about and for my Uncle Gavin who marched in the ANZAC Day marches while he was still alive. … Continue reading

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Precious

Precious moment Precious child Running freely Singing wild Desperate longing Valued friend Cleave now to me till the end Precious memory Fortune’s choice Give no secrets to your voice Longed for future Beloved past Would this moment only last (c) … Continue reading

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Fantasy

Now here we are Lost in a fantasy You had a heart Long before mine was born Now here we are Waiting hopelessly When all our time has gone Now here we stand Nothing for us to do I had … Continue reading

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Memory

Crystalline light refracts before tired eyes Do I know this place? So strange to not trust familiarity It may be illusory cosmetic, or real All the same now I do not know Words used to flow like rivers from my … Continue reading

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Lost Angels

Suspect feelings rise A glimpse of something so old It decays from within A mask worn Through the mirror dark Reflects back a truth Soothsayers would scream for Lash across the back Splinters of words And dreams Corrode the flesh … Continue reading

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