Tag Archives: Musings

Balance

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Helen

During the week I play the extrovert My role is people And I perform All the energy I let them drink from me Till my soul is like a storm On the weekend I am the introvert Hiding so happily … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Helen

Random Thoughts start to flicker across a mind that is not burdened with intent Bath There is nothing so delightful or soothing as soaking in a bath Regret If you would pre-write Your own obituary Speak not of regret Fickle … Continue reading →

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Night Reverie

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Helen

Night rings shrill in my ears Fractal electricity Humming beneath Tar filled roads And concrete beams Lights against Midsummer night sky Seem to dance To a madman’s lullaby Strangers’ faces Passed along nervous streets Wear unreal masks From some hidden … Continue reading →

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Death

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Helen

‘Break bread with me’ Said Death Pulling out a seat To rest his weary form ‘I’ve ridden long Into the night’ he said ‘I’ll ride much longer Ere the dawn’ ‘Have you come for me?’ I politely asked Not regretful … Continue reading →

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Ghazal 2

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Helen

Secret comrades meeting here, rise and close your door As though to battle bound let fervour fire your core The traveller stakes his aim on conquering higher peaks Then at once to greet them, strides brave across the floor Tumbling … Continue reading →

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Joan Of Arc

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Helen

Joan of Arc prophesying to the Dauphin Stricken by brilliant grace or madness, or both Fevered warrior driven by her god for righteousness whispered in a fractured mind Voices haunting sometimes screaming Tell it all, tell it all! Brook no … Continue reading →

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Genetic Entropy

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Helen

Genetic entropy No issue from This generation A name disappears The line ends Much as it began In silence And obscurity. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Poisoned Chalice

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Helen

To open up my heart – a thing to learn for me As though another’s glance would yet return for me My splintered feelings prick you like a thorny rose And yet I bid your love be soft as fern for … Continue reading →

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Raven Flight

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Helen

The raven’s eye Blinks slowly Settled on its prize It has travelled far Now to find its way Cross a world of thieves And lies It holds alchemy And philosophies Within grasping claws So strong Like a psychopomp It will … Continue reading →

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One Perfect Night

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Helen

One perfect so unusual night Like a song once adored heard by chance on the radio A memory Full of promise never realised yet still shining in my mind A reflection of a different life and different choices made somewhere … Continue reading →

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