Words are not enough

I'm pretty sure most people can relate to having been in a situation where words just don't seem to be enough to express our emotions.

Words are not enough 

Words are not enough
When I want to reach out and touch you
Words are not enough
When I want to ease your fears
Words are not enough
When I want to hold you tight
Words are not enough
When I want to share my tears
Words are not enough
When I want to simply be by your side
Words are not enough
To express the way I feel
Words are not enough
To tell you how much I care
Words are not enough
To show I love you

peace and healing

© Helen B 2007

Fractured hearts and minds

It often seems to me that two people who are hurting or who have been deeply hurt are often drawn to one another. I don't know if it's some unconcious recognition of similar pain or totally random.
Sometimes such relationships are very healing.

Fractured hearts & minds   

Fractured hearts and minds

Setting out to find

Other fractured spirits

Broken pieces matched in kind.

Coming together

Slowly with care

Jagged pieces connecting

Two broken shards become one.

Melding and mending together

Healed with love.

© Helen B 2007

Create peace

I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I even joke about being born with a pencil in one hand. I wrote stories and poems constantly throughout my childhood, less so during my teens.
I unsuccessfully wrote and abandoned many diaries and journals right through my teens and my twenties. (Sadly I destroyed these attempts at expressing myself, I wonder now what insights they would give?)


My thirties saw me busy raising children and trying to hold together a marriage that was doomed to failure. Only after my divorce in 2004 did my creative urge once again burst forth.  I haven't written anything new in over a year and my hope is that I can once again renew my creative spirit and make writing a regular part of my day.

I have used the signature line 'peace and healing' for a few years now. It seemed an appropriate name for this blog. I have travelled a journey since my divorce that has been painful and difficult as such times often are. In the end however I found my peace and healing. I hope that I can share parts of me that may touch others in their own journey of life. 


peace and healing
Helen aka ladychiara

Create peace   

Create peace

With acceptance in your eyes

Create peace

Listen with an open mind

Create peace

Speak words of healing

Create peace

Reach out and touch someone

Create peace

Extend an olive branch

Create peace

With the love in your heart

6th August 2007

© Helen B

***I claim complete copyright of all poetry and personal writing shared on this blog. Please do not use my work in any way, shape or form without express permission. Thank you for respecting my rights as an author and artist.