Tag Archives: strength

Gentle Strength

Mediate on strength Strong as the beast Gentle as the butterfly Kingdoms must rise On ideas as light as air Heavy weighted truth Fierce as battle cries Soft as lullabies May we yet realise Realise (c) Helen Valentina 2020

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Wishes

Wish for me now One little dream Not what we have What might have been Not what you see Find the unseen Wish for me now One little dream Wish for the world One little hope Never the knife Never … Continue reading

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Friends Forever (Micropoetry)

We’ll be friends forever Innocence is strength All the cynics are wrong They fall before simplicity What it is to be You and me Safe in our little world Trust is security We’ll be friends forever You and me (c) … Continue reading

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New Year

I’ve had insults, pain and slights Life has shown me such delights Sometimes I’ve stood prepared to fight Sometimes I’ve turned away Monotony of day to day Where little matters anyway Just entertainments on display For whom we cannot say … Continue reading

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Your Gaze

Your gaze was far too old And we were but teenagers then Still unformed and awkward But the intensity drilled within Spoke of hope and dreams and sin And it lingers with me still In these later, later years Something … Continue reading

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After the Rain

We will begin anew after the rain Nothing we here forgive nor explain Another day rises with its new refrain Sheltered we wait until the fallen showers temper their tempest to the quiet hours Remind us of gentleness within such … Continue reading

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Resolve

Resolve now to remember Resolve to atone Resolve This agenda cannot be postponed Resolve to recover Resolve to protect Resolve to be chosen To be one of the elect Resolve to be strong Resolve to be sure Resolve to absolve … Continue reading

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Samson

Samson, eye your lesser morning With true strength just leeched away Where your locks of such adorning Where precision for your prey? Oh such mighty power is falling And your God’s abandoned you Where the surety of your calling Where … Continue reading

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