Tag Archives: Water

Web

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Helen

These tears I’ve shed Are trapped within your spider’s web Like silver sparkling in light What hurts the most Can most delight This trap you laid Seemed too beguiling, unafraid I swept within your cold embrace The sweetest fruit Has … Continue reading →

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Sinking

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Helen

Floating peacefully downstream Lost in exquisite Haunting dreams Gliding softly in the flow Where the foolish Often go I am sinking through my skin Water ends where I begin Songs are lilting through the spheres Let me melt And disappear Quick … Continue reading →

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Water Dragon

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Helen

I slither in depths Water fed Consuming my tail Shedding my crusted River formed skin I am older than you Water child I hold you in my embrace Shelter as you grow River formed skin Do not forsake me Water … Continue reading →

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Approach

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Helen

This approaches now by water Or by fire We may ride the wave triumphant Or expire We may warm our skin by sunshine Or we burn We are gone in one brief instant Or return This approaches like the dawn … Continue reading →

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Enemy Waters

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Helen

Swim carefully The tendrils here are deadly They curl and coil about you To draw you further in Swim cautiously The many coloured fish are all Siren songs to your decline Beautiful assassins Swim hopefully Within the web of blue … Continue reading →

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Foghorn

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Helen

The foghorn blows Across the bay A mournful song Reverberates Across shining water Skipping like a stone It seems to tell Its story through its tone Of days spent lonely Lost to love A melody in minor key A single … Continue reading →

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Ocean Liner

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Helen

Here we are now out at sea A fashionista cavalry Wild and spitfire reverie Quick, take a photo, you and me Out upon the sea This ocean liner is so grand As couples wander hand in hand Each new diversion … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

The water runs cold Like your blood Reptilian eyes Raise their wary hoods The surf that breaks Upon a distant shore Recalls your form In some strange place before Remembering well The day you turned to me Ensnared my gaze And … Continue reading →

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Water Over Rocks, the Quiet Victory

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Helen

Like water over rocks The change will happen Will take hold There is no Victory march No grand celebration To behold And while The path’s forgotten Yet the story can be told And be remembered If not precisely Still with … Continue reading →

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Elemental

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Helen

I am left Free-floating up in the air I am left Wondering if I should care I am left Here, when I should have been there I am left Floating here, up in the air I have fallen Deep to the … Continue reading →

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