Tag Archives: silence

The Rain’s Language

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Helen

I spoke in the language of the rain A simple message written wordless On a cafe’s window pane As though you may yet pass by In your hurry to your life So far from mine Yet you may linger From … Continue reading →

Posted in Water | Tagged language, love message, rain, shyness, silence, unrequited love, yearning | 2 Comments

Perfect Silence

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Helen

In perfect silence come and go The water following the flow The less you learn the more you know In perfect silence come and go In perfect balance, harmony Where three are one and one is three A single note, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged calm, knowledge, meditation, perfection, silence, Spiritual | 7 Comments

Deep Silence

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Helen

This deep silence of morning Starless sky before dawn breaks Blanketed in dark and calm An island to myself I seek a comfort long forgotten In the weave of black and grey Dreams adrift and quickly floating Lover’s kiss a … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dawn, Dreams, hope, memories, morning, peace, promise, silence, waking | 6 Comments

Silence

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Helen

I need silence now In silence I can breathe In silence my inner eye blinks And awakes I need solitude Wrapped within my brittle skin I can dream And then begin In solitude I crave gentleness A softest touch, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, choice, Musings, Philosophy, silence, solitude, Spiritual, truth | 17 Comments

Silence

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Helen

A silence fills this house The clock grows still And on the window sill This fractured night No songbird will alight Not even breath will stir Mouths are silent Yet deeply violent Messages they convey Before the break of day … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, denial, guilt, home, house, loss, madness, Musings, silence, Spiritual, truth | 4 Comments

Just a Spark

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Helen

I remember Looming shadows Large across old walls In a quiet room I remember Low murmuring Chanting in alien words I did not understand Swaying figures in this dark Something coming Just a spark Just a spark I remember Kept … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, delusion, denial, dissociation, madness, memory, mind control, Musings, pain, silence, spark, Spiritual, truth | 9 Comments

The Quietest Time of Night

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Helen

Waves on the shoreline Beat back endless Cresting peaks Crash on indifferent sands Above the moon Shines pale, strange light At the quietest time of night Footprints washed away now Travellers passing unseen Fleeting, softly Traversing in silence Above the … Continue reading →