Tag Archives: Heaven

HEAVEN TO PAY

Posted on September 30, 2023 by elainedanforth

Another day. . .another bit ofheaven to pay. Though less well knownthan hell to pay,THAT ancient gameis far too easy, now,to pay. . . To paya piece of hellour mind and bodythus to bare,our grieved and angry, fearful heart,to spill. … Continue reading →

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THE CROSSING

Posted on December 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Near tears. No not near. There. A leap of faith I now no longer need to take. It’s took. I’ve breached the breadth of one said stream– what looked a river, despite my spine-chill-prompted shiver, was but a brook. Thank … Continue reading →

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WHEN IT’S NOT. EVEN. FUNNY.

Posted on November 5, 2016 by elainedanforth

When something’s really really, really, really NOT. EVEN. FUNNY. Stop pleasing. Protest. Speak true. Squawk, “NOPE!– That is NOT on the money.” Break the blocks– feel the feelings hidden, dark, those ones that tend to crowd right out the ones … Continue reading →

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HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

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THANKSGIVING GAME DAY

Posted on November 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

Now to be free of oh so many former chains– a gift from highest heaven to me. . . but still, I writhe a bit to be in chains’ remains, their sturdy, die-hard, hold-out shackles, While folks TV-sit, glued to … Continue reading →

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ASCENDANT IN THE HARVEST SKY

Posted on October 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

Night falls. . . cricket calls. . . blue darkness comes to drape behind the black-appearing oak’s thick to spindly finger branches, spun from its trunk so sturdy broad and tall. Eyes raise to gaze at a slow ascending, brilliant … Continue reading →

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LEAVING PORT

Posted on July 16, 2015 by elainedanforth

To lose a time, to lose a place, bid bye my familiar source of nurture that I knew through loving arms and face. . . to see and hear the echoes as they grow so far. . . to hold … Continue reading →

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STEP FORTH, STEER CLEAR

Posted on June 18, 2015 by elainedanforth

R – e – l – e – a – s – e your fear. . . The morning’s here. . . the sun is up– Your path lies free. . . S – t – e – p+++f – … Continue reading →

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THE HEAVEN-HELL SHOWDOWN

Posted on June 17, 2015 by elainedanforth

Life– when hell stares you straight in the face and heaven comes straight from the blue to surround you in its loving grace, and though again the face of hell will come to chill you with its frightening eyes, and … Continue reading →

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TIME TICKS

Posted on September 30, 2014 by elainedanforth

Time ticks. . . I climb the vine sublime along my way to lofty heaven, while still drawn to warm and solid lowly earth where I’ve yet plenty work to do– rifts to mend, and a wonder world arrayed in … Continue reading →

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