Tag Archives: Philosophy

End Game

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Helen

Poised on the precipice The Fool dances Plans and strategies Are just words on paper Marks on maps The quantum of force Blisters through intellect Is brute force the answer Or another riddle to solve For end game? Flying above … Continue reading →

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Perfect Possession

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Helen

I have always been A case of perfect possession And yet it seems that I belie The belief this is always bad The elemental that Reads and breathes through me Demands new words and poetry, and yet It isn’t always … Continue reading →

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Time’s Drive

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Helen

Driving need to fill Up time; hours pass Quickly when unrelenting Wishes command All thought of rest Departs; a distant friend Half remembered Lazing on a beach Unaware of the sun’s Dreadful dominion Soaking up rays Forgetting minutes, hours, days … Continue reading →

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Dreams For Sale

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen

Dreams for sale Man at the doorway Peddling hope Aspiring To beat the odds now Try to cope Dreams for rent Going cheap these days This can’t last Grab it quick Only one user From the past Dreams to trade … Continue reading →

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Feather

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Helen

Abraxas and Maat Playing chess Determining the balance Of light and dark Life and death Growth and entropy Redemption has not strayed To this hall for eons now Supplicants to lesser gods Are shunned We witness here The threshold of … Continue reading →

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Swimming With Sharks

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Helen

Their teeth are blunt these days Their slow approach is flawed It’s not what it used to be Machiavelli would be appalled Their schemes so obvious We’ve seen it all before Criminality so banal They only bend the law Their … Continue reading →

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Echo

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Helen

I can hear you Reverberate Separate from me Thoughts we share Flying Spectacularly free Repeating the message Are you me? Are you me? Twin notes Repeating now Across the sky Echo is vital Wondering why Repeating the message You am … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Helen

Dragonfly soul; enwrap me till I am lost Flying high above me; streaks of light abound Touch my hand Bid me enter here to your hearth Dragonfly wings; shelter me now from the storm (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights … Continue reading →

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Evil

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Helen

Evil waits Till you cease looking Till you are calm And don’t see true Evil wears The face of angels To ensnare And beguile you Evil’s patience Is unstinting Waiting silent On its prey It’s the darkness Fast approaching When … Continue reading →

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Wings of Angels

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Helen

On wings of angels Seraphim carry me Above the darkness Up from the deepest sea Angelic songs awake Souls now to hear the call Let me feel everything Let me embrace them all Bowed at the feet of The Mother … Continue reading →

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