Tag Archives: Spiritual

Too Many

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

Too many years These pleasures pall Just salty tears Then none at all I seek to climb Only to fall Adrift in dreams A nightscape bright On weary lids Mere hope alights But as I reach It’s out of sight … Continue reading →

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We Sisters Three

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Helen

We sisters three Silently weave We’ve woven joy And webs to grieve We sisters three You don’t believe That we are here You self-deceive We sisters three Are old as life We gift you blood We cut the knife We … Continue reading →

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Omega

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Helen

I am weary of the alpha So long ago Such beginnings are forever Build too slow I am waiting as omega At the end And death and all his retinue Are my friends I complete this like a snake now … Continue reading →

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Pan

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Helen

Wild forest whispers Ancient secrets Rising on the summer wind The moon’s riding high tonight Bathed in blood-red light He calls us to places where Our very souls begin Spirit of desire sublime Dark green forestry Coiling tendrils round each … Continue reading →

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Surrender

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Helen

This moment trembling Before the choice to believe Or withdraw A greater light shining from this door These hallowed halls are greeting me And all these truths here meeting me And should this moment fleeting be I weep, I love, … Continue reading →

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Virtue

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

Virtue is above the need for truth It calls to something far more powerful Deep within It is honour here without need of proof It shows the inner warrior The place to begin It’s nothing more nor less than perfect … Continue reading →

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Cross

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Helen

There’s a cross on the wall Just where the afternoon shadows Rise and fall There’s a prayer in the heart Just when hope through misery Struggles to start There’s a child in the arms Of a parent who will shelter … Continue reading →

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Faith Heals

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Helen

They say that faith heals They say that prayers are heard They say that the dove Is God’s sweet, peaceful bird They say adversity Refines the soul of all They say we rise When we can see the fall So … Continue reading →

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Global

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Helen

Reaching across the hemispheres Thoughts electric and unbound Ride on heart, on thought, on tears History has run aground Inter-connected artistry Sings the song the mystics know All that this world is to me All the knowledge I can know … Continue reading →

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Simplicity

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Helen

The simplicity of moments A child’s laugh A pure blue sky The face of a friend The perfect butterfly The simplicity is all The simplicity of lifetimes Youthful innocence Tempestuous adolescence Stretching wings of adulthood Yielding now to aging’s essence … Continue reading →

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