Tag Archives: protection

Oath

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Helen

I make this solemn oath today That from your side I will not stray My sword is yours and I obey And I will never sway Oh little child within my care You’ll sleep content Know I am there They … Continue reading →

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Mother Moon

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Helen

Mother moon Tending to her children Aquatic Steady gaze Nurturing Chaos into life Dark into light This wonderful night Mother moon Softly avenging Cruelty Of man here On ancient ships Searching for life Blinding their sight This wonderful night Mother … Continue reading →

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Catch My Dreams

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Helen

Catch my dreams They float far too high For my reach Make them sweet The night is too dark I’m afraid Golden warmth Caught in your sweet net Guide me home (c) Helen Valentina 2017

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Capture

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Helen

Let me capture your dreams In my golden web Before they melt Into the morning’s arms Let me wander your world Hitchhiker set free So I may fall Before your sweet charms Let me carry my sword A guardian of … Continue reading →

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Precious Things

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Helen

These precious things I hardly thought of in my brittle youth I was alive and free and not diverted By the needs of others or the truth The greater weave of history and sacrifice so far away From my comfortable, … Continue reading →

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Promised

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Helen

Promised you a treasure Little child Promised you a secret Running wild Locked away is all That I could tell Down within the caves Where none may dwell Promised you perfection In a day Promised you the tender Things to … Continue reading →

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Safeguard

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Helen

I must safeguard my soul From darkness trickling Cross my pallid skin They say an invitation draws it in Draws it in Must barricade my heart A dream’s a hopeless place Here true despair begins They say that praying merely … Continue reading →

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Winter Rose – for Prompt 38 Tender Love

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Helen

These hands I will now clasp to yours My cheek soft upon your cheek I’ll stare the very tempest down And gather all you seek So in this precious moment Your sadness is complete I’ll take from you each drop … Continue reading →

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Resolve

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Helen

Resolve now to remember Resolve to atone Resolve This agenda cannot be postponed Resolve to recover Resolve to protect Resolve to be chosen To be one of the elect Resolve to be strong Resolve to be sure Resolve to absolve … Continue reading →

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My Angel

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Helen

You are with me Now I feel and know this All the signs The synchronicity Your name, so unusual Spoken and written So many times Over these past days From the depths of your ocean You rise At these moments … Continue reading →

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