Tag Archives: Solitude

CAN I RUB TWO WORDS TOGETHER?

Posted on February 6, 2025 by elainedanforth

It is my way,but right now,this very second and hour,Can I rub two words together? Has today’s return of sun,after yesterday’s dark, cold and drenching rain,warmed enough for forming strings of words,in the world of my internal weather? Will I … Continue reading →

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BETTER THAN PERFECTION

Posted on March 25, 2018 by elainedanforth

When it’s cold inside, but your people are inside, what are you going to do? When it’s colder still, outside, where highway traffic swiftly flies, and on light-clad body hair and goosebumps rise, while furled brows knit, and with spring … Continue reading →

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ONE, MANY, ONE

Posted on December 14, 2017 by elainedanforth

The harmony to hum, just one, a move in nature’s symphony. The dissonance to be just me in solitude amid a multitude. In anger, grief and fear, a stirred but most unsavory misery. The rub– how to compose or reconcile … Continue reading →

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PAIN

Posted on March 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Pain a wistful gripping at the sunlit window pane. . . to see and to imagine from under shaded canopy a veritable panoply of things i can and cannot see that I can shun or choose, and lose or gain. … Continue reading →

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A PERSON GETS NOT USED TO BEING TOTALLY ALONE

Posted on April 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

A person usually does not much get used to being totally alone. So, get yourself out into company– it is your choice– in this world you have a voice– you need not choose to just be satisfied, when all you … Continue reading →

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IN SOLITUDE OR COMPANY

Posted on March 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

Solitude so long for me a friendly refuge. . . But refuge bubbles imply lack of outer peace. So long as, in company, I’m not so strong, as when I’m solo, fortified, locked in with only me, and people’s presence … Continue reading →

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THE LONELY CHALLENGE

Posted on January 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Loneliness my own, not lovely, solitude. . . the challenge is to rise above me, and descend, if need be, to the bone, if that’s where I’ll find the fortitude, so I can step forth, reach out, and do some … Continue reading →

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THEY SAY THAT MISERY LOVES COMPANY

Posted on December 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

They say that misery loves company, but I think that depends. I’m also far from sure that celebration really NEEDS the gathering of family or friends. . . Though, some of each, in proper time and place, makes SOME good … Continue reading →

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THE WORLD AND GOLDILOCKS’S BED

Posted on June 22, 2013 by elainedanforth

There’s times when I’ve got stuff to lug and then the world seems very very big and, lord knows that I could use a hug, since, somehow, out from under me has rudely slipped yet one more rug. . . … Continue reading →

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LEAVE ME ALONE

Posted on June 15, 2013 by elainedanforth

Leave me alone– and if I can get past the absence of you, I just might find out how much I need myself.

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