Tag Archives: Relationships

Glove

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Helen

I am wrapped in your warmth I burn within your smile In your eyes such regard Let me rest here awhile I have travelled so far To be docked at your shore To find simplicity’s jewels And such paths to … Continue reading →

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This Means War

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Helen

Prepare our troops I have seen your plans You will not succeed To tie my hands Your blinkered approach Has no strategy Think twice before you Lay siege to me I know your desires What you’re fighting for But I am … Continue reading →

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Paradox

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Helen

The human heart Is a paradox Savage selfishness In a gold-edged box It wants what it wants And believes what should be Is its singular desire To merge to a ‘we’ Each love dream unique To each solitary heart Chosen … Continue reading →

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The Listener

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Helen

Attentive And quiet Collecting thoughts Like butterflies Pinned to a secret wall In a room No-one sees Almost invisible The barely perceptible Nodding head Hands touching lightly Momentarily Gestures of support Urging the speech Drinking it in Cataloguing the species … Continue reading →

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Fear – Nothing Now But You

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Helen

All my nightmares now are you There is no other person, thing, or creature That can so chill my blood Rend the very beat from my heart Make me sick, to my soul At the very thought Of crossing your … Continue reading →

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To My WordPress Community

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Helen

In this warm community Embraced by fellow scribes It’s like I find immunity From harsher real life tribes Your friendship and your words Awake a dream within Your writings are like birds About to take to wing I thank you … Continue reading →

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Free

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Helen

I saw you the other day after so long a time Your mouth was grim Perpetual sadness in its finely etched line Your eyes still mad A lost soul seeking something that’s forever lost As you gazed on your creations … Continue reading →

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Moth

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Helen

Maybe one day We will meet In another time, another life Be not friend, nor even lover Be not husband nor wife Maybe co-workers In a company Or fellow followers of the cloth I wouldn’t need to be This awful … Continue reading →

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The Rose

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Helen

In the dream At a party We were friends Not foes An alternate Reality To the one We chose And thinking On this twist Do you Suppose That rather than The thorn You could have been The rose? (c) Helen … Continue reading →

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Precious

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Helen

Precious moment Precious child Running freely Singing wild Desperate longing Valued friend Cleave now to me till the end Precious memory Fortune’s choice Give no secrets to your voice Longed for future Beloved past Would this moment only last (c) … Continue reading →

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