Tag Archives: Relationships

Love Rites

Rose quartz illuminated Procession of women Of porcelain hue Glowing with knowledge And unity The moment before Sweet surrender To the tones and pitch Of love Dark onyx undulates Rings on broad fingers Passing dark hooded eyes Celebration of men … Continue reading

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Never Know

I loved you But did not know the way I had some words But not the art to say The message deep Silent and still within I loved you then But would not yet begin Did you love me? I … Continue reading

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Game Score

If you would walk Step by step with me For but one day All our differences Brooding wrongs Might ease away If you would walk Down a pathway here For just a mile We may unite Relinquish all our cause … Continue reading

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Drama Queen

You live a tragedy Like Anna Karenina Weeping, disconsolate By the train You’re so dramatic Like Lady Macbeth With wild ambition No more restrained Or like Camilla Le Fanu’s vampire Leaving every victim Soulless, drained Could you please refrain? Why … Continue reading

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Fantasy

Now here we are Lost in a fantasy You had a heart Long before mine was born Now here we are Waiting hopelessly When all our time has gone Now here we stand Nothing for us to do I had … Continue reading

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The Dream

The hardest thing in losing love Is to relinquish what it seemed For even though the partnership May well have lost its gleam How do you quell the lingering ghost How do you kill the dream? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading

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A Child Will Know

A child will see The lesser turned head The more distant eye The favour fall elsewhere A child will know In offhand remarks Those words left unspoken Indifferent silence A child will feel The ephemeral embrace That speaks not of … Continue reading

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I Wish For You

I wish for you a sense of self that wraps you warm and calm I wish that here good friends abound And none to do you harm I wish for love to find your door That you may let it … Continue reading

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Emotional Vampire

This vampire feeds On souls not blood On energy And care Its teeth are hidden In a smile That denies what’s Really there This vampire’s needs Disconsolate Will bleed your heart Till dry But any Reciprocity This vampire Will deny … Continue reading

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Water Damage

With me It’s always water damage Every place I’ve lived it seems Will have plumbing problems Eventually So I should have known That foolish moment Of romantic conceit When I declared to myself You were a storm in my life … Continue reading

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