Tag Archives: Soul

BODY AND SOUL– IN GOOD COMPANY

Posted on January 5, 2025 by elainedanforth

A spark–a whirl of cells collide into form–a human bodyto live infor a number of score. . . love and respectintersectto keep it whole,so that with its soulit can enjoy good yearsof company more.

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THE BENDING OF A WRIST

Posted on August 20, 2023 by elainedanforth

The waking of a self,a full grown,slower, but still growing thing,in the same vesselwhere once did dwella very often smiling, playful,happy little elf. The waking of a bodyto greet the bright late summer sunflooding through the nearest windows,inviting oneto choose … Continue reading →

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THE THOUGHT DRIFTS, THE HEART BEATS

Posted on November 12, 2021 by elainedanforth

The thoughtdrifts awayfrom what is not. . . the heart beatsthe blood flows. . . the nerves sparkthe spirit leaps, and all find playand flowers in the park. And even the weariest,most hurt,darkest, deepest soul can grow at least a … Continue reading →

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HOPE? LOVE? WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING?

Posted on October 27, 2020 by elainedanforth

Awake! There you are.It is the morn, whether shows the sunor still the lone point morning star,you know it’s time, you wish to stir. . . But, yet,for a little moment of your time,don’t open yet your eyes.Wait.For a little.Leave … Continue reading →

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I WANT EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW

Posted on February 22, 2019 by elainedanforth

I want absolutely every color of the rainbow– right now, and gotten all at once, and also, each savored plain, all by itself: red, blue, green, purple, orange, yellow. Yet, what this asks of me to do despite snows, winds, … Continue reading →

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SOLSTICE– THE TIME THE SOUL MUST RUN ITS PACES

Posted on December 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Solstice. . . the time the soul must run its paces, do its tricks. The lights, the sun’s day heights, the body’s workings go more low and slow. . . Sometimes its life seems as if it’s got just one … Continue reading →

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PRESENT LOVE TO YOU

Posted on June 8, 2017 by elainedanforth

Love must be present. Give it to yourself. It helps. Regardless whether you don’t think you deserve better– not by law’s spirt, nor its letter– than what you’ve come to do so far most usually, yourself. Dreams shoved aside. . … Continue reading →

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THE DRIEST TEAR

Posted on April 21, 2017 by elainedanforth

The driest tear that will not come. . It is the one that needs most the heart and eye to clear, to wash and mend the vital part where it comes from. . . Do not fear when the flow … Continue reading →

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NOW I BREATHE ME DOWN TO SLEEP

Posted on January 29, 2017 by elainedanforth

Now I breathe me down to sleep. . . the winter’s turned. . . I still have breath and a trusty, good heartbeat, with which, on this earth, I still plod on though, in my haste, I’ve plum forgot to … Continue reading →

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EXCUSES BE EXCUSED

Posted on December 16, 2016 by elainedanforth

Once you drop all your excuses, it’s just a jump, skip, and a hop till you can feel, and then, wield, all the power that that looses. By now, you know, that this is an inside job, so, let go … Continue reading →

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