Tag Archives: Relationships

Eternity

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

Patience is a virtue they say so I wait Hours pass like a year or more in a day If you’d smile turn your gaze to me you would see Moments now without your gaze are eternity (c) Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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When I Am Gone

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen

When I am gone I will haunt you Whisper across your windowsill Glide across your floor I will be the slight chill Which bids you draw your coat Around your shoulders And a breath Against your cheek Before you sleep … Continue reading →

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Matrix Musing

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Helen

I’d like a hacker To break through The circuitry Of your mind The connections And coding Of your heart I’d like the hacker To tell me What is really Within Is there anything Except 0001100111 In endless And meaningless streams? … Continue reading →

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Rivals

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Helen

Symbiotic twins it seems Too alike Too similar backgrounds Too common talents Every twin must find Their own identity So it is For you and me Perhaps within alliances Of this kind Breeds the contempt Of familiarity Some unconscious Separation … Continue reading →

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Bridesmaid Rites

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Helen

At what point Does the slave To self-righteous Selfishness Arise? At what point cry ‘Halt!’ ‘Enough!!’ To a litany Of absurd and costly Ephemeral demands? Do we question The expectations Of these rituals of choice And the sorority Of wedded … Continue reading →

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Endings – Five Sentence Fiction

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Helen

With thanks to Owlish Thoughts for the idea of the five sentence fiction form 🙂 The burden of love freely given but which I cannot return weighs so heavy on me, dragging me down further into my silence. I want … Continue reading →

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The Other Woman

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Helen

Lipsticks stains should be A cheap ruse Beneath her She carries the aroma Of hidden sin Mid range hotels Frequented at lunch hours Stolen moments Exotic tastes Making this life A living cliché She looks in this golden mirror And … Continue reading →

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Lost Love

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Helen

A dream of you An embrace An earnest, long kiss Chaste, pressed against my cheek Suggestive of more Brings memories Of what might have been And echoes Of my greatest loss (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Sleep Disturbance

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Helen

When I dreamt of you two nights ago it made me sick I wondered if the sickness made me think, and therefore dream of you I am not sure But then this terrible news I am told You will be soon … Continue reading →

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Traditional

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Helen

In matters of the heart I am not traditional Everything has a kind of quirk I’m not perverse but it’s still relative In my occupation I’m more conservative This veering from the norm does not arise from choice An inner … Continue reading →

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