Tag Archives: soul

Arising

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Helen

In tremulous moments Between sleep and wakefulness A voice shudders deep Within my wondering ears This is the year This is the year How long awaited This embrace of serpent form Wings battering cheeks Soft, gentle and warm So sublime … Continue reading →

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Nourishment

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Helen

Each day Given unto us Such nourishment For body and soul That spirit and form Are complete And whole Let this be Our sacred goal From youth Until we are old We pray Each day (c) Helen Valentina 2016

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Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Helen

Shake off all the shackles Of your tired fretting mind You’ve grown old The years have passed unnoticed And you’ve been hostage to The trance of others’ dreams Your prison is your creation Even as others have Offered dubious helping … Continue reading →

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Requiem

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Helen

Sweet eyelids shut Weep no more Breathe your last No moment more Softly raise now On angel’s wing Hear the very Heavens sing Light your passage Find your way Be where only True hearts stray Sleep so soft In Heaven’s … Continue reading →

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Dead Zone

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Helen

Here we bleed Without fluidity The cuts are deep But leave no scars All secrets kept Beneath this canopy All dying light Like ancient stars Here we touch With no true intimacy A kiss is papery On drying lips Here … Continue reading →

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Different

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Helen

I was a different person then I shed my skin so many times I scarce remember, yet these photos and these memories attest to a time when I was other When I cherished hopes to my breast and played the … Continue reading →

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Writing Challenge – Conspiracy

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Helen

There is nothing here for you The broken memories have corroded Like a fire they’ve burned through And all you might have tested Is now just a part of you And I have tried To make sense of this game … Continue reading →

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The Age of Belief

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Helen

So hard to sustain Pure faith, true belief Over years When youth’s fire is in the veins There is hubris enough To overshadow doubts and fears We clasp our hopes like talisman And link hand in hand with gods and … Continue reading →

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The Dragon and the Wolf

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Helen

You hunt within these hemispheres Whirling in the gyre I call to you as energy I’m drowning in your fire My dragon wrap your wings around My trembling body still I’ll be the wolf upon the plain Just waiting on … Continue reading →

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Triumph

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Helen

The soul triumphant alights As eagles to the air The sky splinters across This desolate hemisphere As holy armies clash And raise their righteous spears Till this scarred spirit brings Hope yet to deep despair An angel’s wings must break … Continue reading →

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