Tag Archives: Musings

Vitriol

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Helen

You go through me Like a dose of salts Your opinions And decisions Bleed me dry You’re like the cure To your own disease Mere proximity to you Inspires a purge If your impact Could be calibrated And bottled To … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged dark, despise, hatred, Musings, pain, repel, virtiol, Weight loss | 8 Comments

Faux Diet

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Helen

I sweat and strain to reach a weight Do not accept my body’s fate To curve and bloom where I’d concave A silhouette that I’d create I know the ways I should behave The regimen and calories saved To see … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, diet, dieting, fashion, food, Humor, Musings, truth, Weight loss | 8 Comments

Ordinary Madness

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Helen

Ordinary madness Every single day Failure to reality test Delusion in the way Wanting with every inch Of our fragile being Believing what we need to now Continuing unseeing. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged belief, delusion, madness, Musings, Philosophy, reality, truth | 11 Comments

Sense Memory

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Helen

Body wash in coconut and lime Soothe away all the days woes So sublime Trick the mind With sense recollection Of simpler times A moment Of complete mindfulness When I stop I pause Between acts, thoughts And dreams And simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, Coconut, Coconut oil, lime, memory, mindfulness, Musings, perfume, scent | 15 Comments

Club Ritual

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Helen

In these light strewn modern caverns Where the beauteous ones all meet Dance their own beloved rituals In search of chemical release Would the fabled gods of old Swoop on the denizens within Seek in alcohol’s pure succor Bids for … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged choice, clubs, Dance, dancing, dark, Faust, gods, Musings, pain, passion | 11 Comments

Opposites

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Helen

In a dream it seems that I awoke In wakefulness I’ve slept In my loss I found that I have gained In relinquishing, I’ve kept Touch the heart of unreality Disbelieve what I know is true In the centre of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, Musings, mystic, Philosophy, Psychology, Spiritual, truth, Yang-Yin | 10 Comments

Unloved

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Helen

Had I never tasted chocolate would I miss it? I have not known love, not really, so do not care Its particular sweetness, of which I have so often read or heard, is a taste foreign to my experience And … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, dark, denial, lost love, Love, Musings, pain, passion, Relationships | 8 Comments

Evening Shadowplay

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Helen

Shadows on the walls past twilight flicker fitfully in thrall to the candlelight Storytelling in movement A strange grey dance Heads turning slowly Mass shifting, lumbering Then sudden, frenetic yet graceful hands reflect precision in odd restraint A silence of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged art, dark, dissociation, Musings, Philosophy, shadows, Spiritual | 6 Comments

Cicada Song

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Helen

Cicada song, crackling Soul sound in this night Preternatural stillness Source of odd and dread delight Deeper fear now working Burrowing within An aged mind here reflecting On deeds and words replete with sin Cicada rhythm constant A metronome of sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, age, dark, death, music, Musings, Spiritual | 10 Comments

Doubt and Faith

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Helen

A lacuna in my soul Hollow spaces where the light cannot penetrate and the dark refuses to dwell It is all shades of grey The colour of uncertainty the tone of doubt Belief eludes me though I seek it like … Continue reading →