Tag Archives: pain

We Repeat This – A Rondelet Stream

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Helen

We repeat this In each life returns the same thread We repeat this From betrayal of a lost kiss Comes the certainty of true dread But no matter what we have said We repeat this Please don’t lose heart Even … Continue reading →

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Bid

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Helen

I shudder within Translucent skin I tremble above The sighs of love In terror I turn Unable to learn I climax, I fall Lost to it all The moment I breathe I’m starting to leave With never a word So … Continue reading →

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Burning

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Helen

Suspended Hover as in flight above me Intended such redeeming sight to love me Returning like a ghost of past Take your bow I’m burning Fire cannot last in dreams now (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Nothing Personal

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Helen

Nothing personal Wrong place, wrong night Nothing personal In a gaze returned Nothing deliberate In communion made Nothing legitimate In lessons learned Nothing personal In games we played Quite immaterial What we denied Nothing deliberate In trust so broken Nothing … Continue reading →

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Ritual

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Helen

I fled before the ritual Sliced deep within my heart Denied the rank habitual That tore each choice apart My thoughts so pathological In shadows found my twin Wore masks phantasmagorical Down the rabbit hole we spin Ecstatic in the … Continue reading →

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Prompt 6 – Personification – The Forgotten Teddy Bear

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Helen

Once I sat Content, on your lap Beaming up through my Beaded eyes Flowing love to you My precious child I enjoyed so Our childhood games The stories and the clothes You adorned me with The friends amongst us All … Continue reading →

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Nightmare

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Helen

You said Let me be your nightmare Let me seep Within the subtle skin Of sinless sleep Let me draw Your darker desperation From dreamless depths You said I will be your shadow Let me flicker Faithless friend that follows … Continue reading →

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Unforgiven

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Helen

I am that creeping rage That splinters across doorways Breaks homes With one sibilant breath Tears hearts Like cloth To bandage the wounds I make Something was wrong In my chemistry Leaving certain choices Impossible for me What beauteous deliverance … Continue reading →

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Trust

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Helen

I hear the mournful song of lost regret Melodious and precise It hovers above me Like a falling angel in flight Each word, each lyric Speaks of years And choices broken underfoot Trampled by fear Darkened pathway is blocked No … Continue reading →

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Drink From Me

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Helen

Drink from me For what we’ve been Take from me All you have seen Let the inspiration flow from your veins Let the shadowed darkness, linger, remain Drink from me And from your shame Feast your heart Upon my words … Continue reading →

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