Tag Archives: pain

Seek

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Helen

Depth of feeling with you is a sickness; bleeding wound that never heals; no clinician can diagnose or remedy the cavity within, this lacuna of the soul or fill this lack which kills all truer feeling before it can begin … Continue reading →

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Jealousy

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Helen

Your eyes have wandered from me Brevity Your gaze a flickering moment Lost to me Within your regard I once dwelled Blissfully But now your words are given Listlessly The joy once shared is defeated by Solemnity And for the … Continue reading →

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Inspire Me

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Helen

Inspire me Seduce me with your words Your imagery Is more than I deserve But sing to me Once more my muse, once more Don’t cling to me Inspiration’s all you’re for Inspire me Overcome me with desire So suddenly … Continue reading →

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Perfect

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

You were too perfect to be true The fairest flower Has lightest hue But to what gods You owed your due For being you You were too beauteous I see Such sweet perfection Isn’t free And what a waste You … Continue reading →

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Jekyll

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Helen

I am the Jekyll to your Hyde I am the muse that stirs your pen I am the question deep inside You are the now, I am the then I am the kindness, you are the cruel I am the … Continue reading →

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Guinevere’s Lament

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Helen

You will know my name As betrayal, infamy Great love forsaken for greater passion And a hidden intimacy Remembered in myth and legend And by scholars here discussed As though this did not happen To just people, to just us Songs … Continue reading →

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I Remember

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Helen

I remember your deep, glittering eyes Reaching mine I remember your soft, beautiful voice Trapped in time I remember your pain, of such depth Reaching out I remember the passion, blood stricken Leeching out I remember the madness of guile … Continue reading →

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Red Alert

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Helen

My heart has broken Shards of glass spill Red alert There is no hurting It is riven, dead Red alert Call the ambulance Arrives too late Red alert Write the epitaph Words unspoken Red alert (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All … Continue reading →

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Cold Case

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Helen

Our history is a cold case Dissected on a table Dusty memories now covered No-one has looked within For years Our passion is on cold ice Freezing like its birth-right Trapped within a photo A memory mostly forgotten In tears … Continue reading →

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Forget Her – For Prompt 14 – The Music of Jeff Buckley

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Helen

The debris of these many years alights your mind like a firecracker out of season; a chance sighting on the street of similar hair, a similar walk and memories flooded back A dam unstuck, overwhelming And you thought you could … Continue reading →

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