Category: Love
Posted on June 12, 2016
by Helena Toto
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Love knows no bounds
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Category: abuse, caring, child, Consequence, Love, PoetryTags: abuse, family, love, pain, poem, Poetry
Posted on March 8, 2016
by Helena Toto
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She spoke softly. She spoke just above audible, her voice grave. She told me to change it this time. She told me to choose differently, to follow the words into the light, instead of turning around to the familiar. She gripped my hand, unusually… Continue Reading “This Time”
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Category: Choice, flash fiction, Love, memory, regret, short story, Time Travel, writingTags: death, flash fiction, hope, love, regret, short story, Time Travel
Posted on January 27, 2016
by Helena Toto
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We stayed on shore As you floated past us In your restful bed The end wasn’t as you expected You didn’t suffer And we didn’t cry But I smiled To know that things Would be different now The leaves changed from pink to Gold… Continue Reading “Goodbye”
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Category: death, dreams, Goodbye, hope, life, longing, Love, Paradise, peace, Poetry, sadnessTags: believe, death, Dreams, Goodbye, hope, life, loneliness, longing, love, pain, Poetry
Posted on December 20, 2015
by Helena Toto
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What works for me? What pushes me to be better? Who gets to see that part of me? Apart from all the bull shit. Apart from the burden I feel Every time I wake up The choices I’ve made Have led me here Have… Continue Reading “Re-Do”
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Category: Choice, Consequence, dreams, Fear, happiness, life, Loneliness, Love, memory, PoetryTags: alone, choices, consequences, Dreams, fear, life, loneliness, love, pain, Poetry, trapped
Posted on October 25, 2015
by Helena Toto
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The cabin air feels tight Depressurizing And as I sit here not yet realizing What’s happening, A picture pops into my head Of you, eating grapes At our table Laughing at the ordinary moment Of me dropping my milk “Typical” You smirked And that… Continue Reading “Last Image”
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Category: ache, content, darkness, death, family, happiness, happy, hope, last moment, Love, memory, ordinary, remember, us, YouthTags: ache, content, darkness, death, family, happiness, happy, hope, last moment, love, memory, ordinary, plane, remember, us, you
Posted on August 7, 2015
by Helena Toto
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To serve others was all she’d ever known. Bred for a purpose, now she would become a housewarming gift for a lucky gentleman. “Make sure you know what he likes to eat,” scolded her mother, “or else you’ll always have an irritable man.” Other… Continue Reading “Jump”
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Category: Adolescence, dreams, family, Fear, fiction, Loneliness, Love, marriage, pain, short story, standards, YouthTags: family, fiction, hope, love, marriage, pain, romance, short story, standards, trapped
Posted on July 28, 2015
by Helena Toto
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Underneath your wings I used to lie Breathing softly Hidden from the world Upon sanded beaches Once I craved The wind as it Rushed onward Up from valleys below Caught between the realities Sung of In ancient lullabies Before feeling brought Pain and loving… Continue Reading “Burned”
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Category: aging, betrayal, dreams, Loneliness, Love, pain, PoetryTags: abuse, aging, alone, believe, betrayal, Dreams, love, pain, Poetry
Posted on May 26, 2015
by Helena Toto
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I reach across the sheets to make sure you’re still there. Your nighttime habit of coming to bed late leaves me scared of being forgotten, deep into the night. The shallow breaths of sleep, for me, are interrupted by the worry that something’s wrong,… Continue Reading “Your Body”
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