Tag Archives: pain

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 →

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Resurrection

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Helen

Misshapen hands Too many lost years drawn on a relentless rack Curvature of spine, bent now too many times to the blunt force of brutality Raise your glittering eyes full of blood-rinsed tears to a morning of uncertain hope Years … Continue reading →

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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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Three

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

Three times your name Three times the same Only difference Was the game First watched from afar Second casual and bizarre Third a foreign, twisted star Three times one heart Three ways apart Different endings Different start Three times your … Continue reading →

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To…?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Helen

I ache Within Stricken with a hunger I cannot name On the tip of my tongue It tantalizes A memory of the lost Do you haunt me still? You seemed so gone I blessed the relief Found an ordinary life … Continue reading →

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Vlad – The Original Vampire

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Classic story told Ancient warrior turned god of the darkest kind Blood now is the life Pain etched on the palest face driven by this thirst Perfect allegory perhaps, of a need profound, banishing all light Once proud man of … Continue reading →

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Nursery Rhyme

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Helen

You are old my dear You are cold and drear To the devil your soul is sold, it’s clear The clock will chime my dear One more time this year Then be silent forevermore I fear. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

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Knights Templar

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Helen

Across a darkened sky Banners raised The cross is stained Blood rose red Seeking in the material The mystery Of the soul This alchemy demands The nigredo becomes A battlefield What phoenix arises From broken flesh and bones Skyward? Ancient … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Scars

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Helen

Across her skin scarified Are the markers of all her pains, her joys and hopes raised high, cut deep within starkly visible to the eye This strange affliction caused by surfeit of feeling? These signs of tribulation some may call … Continue reading →

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For Beauty’s Sake

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Helen

For beauty’s sake I take the brush And soft caress my face In shadowed contours may I hide The flaws I would replace Till gathered in conformity I vanish without trace? These colours of the fashion world Might jar against … Continue reading →

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