Tag Archives: spirit

All Your Colours

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Helen

I remember all your colours I don’t think you ever saw them Always searching for the more You were blind to all within And perhaps it was your mother’s words The balm of yesteryear That held you such a prisoner … Continue reading →

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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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Crown of Thorns

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Helen

Down the years we don Our crown of thorns And bleed our dreams On our life’s brittle page Make our prayers to gods Give our sacrifice As though bargaining can make Us rule this weary stage Each year we find … Continue reading →

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Your Place

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Helen

This is your place This darkness suits you As you wear the cloak Of invisibility Your tortured dreams Have harmony within These ancient walls And if I ever came to call You’d draw me in And draw me down Into … Continue reading →

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Familiar

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Helen

My familiar is beside me in the night She is a feline, stretching, pawing out of sight She carries many names and none are mine I will know all her secrets in good time My familiar is a companion in … 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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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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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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Ephemeral

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Helen

Spinning Dervish dancer Seeping into water You’re the springtime’s Secret daughter Ephemeral Twirling Ballerina Quickly spinning flower You’re the sensation Of the hour Ephemeral Dancing Evolution Returning to your level Are you angel now Or devil? Ephemeral (c) Helen Valentina … Continue reading →

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Lonely Goal

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Helen

Just one drop within the sea Merge with All so endlessly Mermaids whisper, return to me Return to me Just one star within the sky Multi faceted pinpoint eye Gone already, it’s just a lie Just a lie Just one … Continue reading →

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