Tag Archives: yearning

The Rain’s Language

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Helen

I spoke in the language of the rain A simple message written wordless On a cafe’s window pane As though you may yet pass by In your hurry to your life So far from mine Yet you may linger From … Continue reading →

Posted in Water | Tagged language, love message, rain, shyness, silence, unrequited love, yearning | 2 Comments

Travelling

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Helen

I will reach for the world Travelling in my mind A little wish Before I sleep A yearning for More, just more Across the oceans wide and deep I will wish for the earth Responding to my itchy feet Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Earth | Tagged soul, Spiritual, travel, wanderlust, world, yearning | 5 Comments

I Once Lived

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Helen

I once lived On a world where the sea Was inky black And the moon wept blood For the savagery of the tide And there I would reside even now Had not I fell Through the galaxy and firmament To … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Fire, Water | Tagged alien, birth, home, memory, other worldly, Spiritual, yearning | 2 Comments

I Yearn

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Helen

I yearn for something I cannot name I sometimes see it out of the corner of my eye Or dancing in the fire’s flame An ethereal understanding Or a test or ritual that if I pass through I’ll never be … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alien, freedom, hope, identity, loneliness, yearning | 3 Comments

Travelling In My Heart – Memory Part Three

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Helen

My mother would simply say ‘don’t start’ Father refused to play his part And brother laughed and threw his quiet darts A sun king growing in his domain Everything fine within his name And if I cried for justice here … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged childhood, home, isolation, memory, travels, yearning | 7 Comments

Reaching

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Helen

Reaching up The sky is scarred By too much time Piercing branches Scrape the beginnings Of limitless space All beginnings Reach this far No further No wings to fly I cannot yearn Beyond your boughs I must await The last … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged flying, Life, reaching, sky, Spiritual, Tree of Life, yearning | 5 Comments

Someday I Will Fly Away….

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Helen

Someday I will fly away Into unknown horizons The gentle breeze on my back A guiding, loving force I’ll see your face In moons of distant stars And search alien deserts For a trace of your smile Someday I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alien, distance, flight, Love, moons, Romance, searching, stars, yearning | 4 Comments

This Is Me

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Helen

This is me Standing silent in the dark Wondering if you’ll see Wondering if in a moment You may turn and speak with me Wondering if you know I’m here Or if you even care Wondering if you’ll speak soft … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged childhood, children, loneliness, lost, loveless, memory, parents, poetry, sadness, yearning | 2 Comments

Six: Envy

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Helen

My eyes oh so green glitter outwards surveying all just beyond my grasp Yet others have what I would have It cuts so deep within as I wait without Dare I question the decisions of the world? Do others see … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire | Tagged competition, desire, Envy, poetry, seven deadly sins, wanting, yearning | 2 Comments

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 →