Tag Archives: mother

For My Mother – In Memory

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Helen

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 →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged belief, care, earth, faith, honour, kindness, knowledge, learning, light, mother, nourish, truth | 8 Comments

Your Place

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Helen

This is your place This darkness suits you As you wear the cloak Of invisibility Your tortured dreams Have harmony within These ancient walls And if I ever came to call You’d draw me in And draw me down Into … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged cave, dark, darkness, death, eternity, evil, mother, nature, spirit | 2 Comments

Fertility

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Helen

I tremble within my skin Awaiting the birth of time Fertility in the balance Is this the great decision To breed and build or just decline? Mortality here but chance I’m no mother in my soul My womb is barren … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, birth, child, choice, denial, Fertility, mother, Spiritual, world | 6 Comments

Childhood

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Helen

Coloured blocks stacked On cream carpet Half past four It’s time for jam and toast Limericks and lessons Hopscotch on the lawn All these precious memories The ones you love the most As the sun is setting Playing cards Out … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged childhood, Games, imagination, Kiss, Love, memory, mother, Musings, parent, Relationships, stories, warmth | 9 Comments

Ghazal 3

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Helen

These armies marched with red cross splashed on white Through death and darkness salvaging the light The artist eschews greys and dimmer shades To birth his newest canvas coloured bright The blind man touches truth with senses sharp A keener … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, artist, battle, blindness, boxer, child, ghazal, knights templar, mother, poet, sight, writing | 9 Comments

Newborn

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Helen

A newborn Cries upon Seeing the world For the first time Harsh white light Noise and confusion Tossed from the deep Serenity of the womb Harbinger, perhaps Of the nature of life Moving from peace To tumult And back again? … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, birth, Life, Love, mother, newborn, truth | 4 Comments

Inner Warrior Sunset

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Helen

Enduring now the setting of her sun She feels this in her bones, embracing age The warrior accepts her race is run Although so many dreams have just begun She sees her story told on history’s page Enduring now the setting … Continue reading →